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Re Hunt

[1959] 2 Q.B. 69 (CA)
JurisdictionHong Kong
Year1959
Statusunclear

Key Principle

Court may refuse to discharge contumacious contemnor; arrest in court not wrongful in ordinary contempt

Area of Law

Civil Procedure — O.52 committal

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