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Wilkinson v Anjum
Re W (Abduction: Committal) [2011] EWCA Civ 1196, [2012] 1 WLR 1036, [2012] 2 FLR 133 (parties also cited as Wilkinson v Anjum)
Key Principle
Where a contemnor has already served the maximum two-year term for failing to comply with a mandatory order (e.g. to disclose a child's whereabouts and effect return), the court may make a fresh identical mandatory order and, on continued non-compliance, impose a further term of imprisonment, provided each fresh committal is necessary and proportionate.
Area of Law
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