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JSC BTA Bank v Ablyazov (No 14)

[2018] UKSC 19
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
CourtUK Supreme Court
Year2018
StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

Contempt of court for breach of a freezing order requires proof to the criminal standard; the contemnor must be shown beyond reasonable doubt to have known of the order and deliberately breached it.

Area of Law

procedure

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