Contempt of court
Aviva Insurance Ltd v Nazir and another [2018] EWHC 1296 (QB), [2018] All ER (D) 03 (Jun)
CCTV evidence from police pursing other enquires adjacent to the accident location was convincing evidence of a staged accident. Accordingly, the Queen’s Bench Division, on the claimant insurer’s application, held that the defendants were in contempt of court, as they had both known they had been involving themselves in a staged accident and had to have known that, following that, they would make a claim which was dishonest.
Family proceedings
Medway Council v Root [2018] EWHC 1299 (Fam), [2018] All ER (D) 153 (May)
In addition to three conceded breaches of a court order prohibiting the mother from making any publication of court papers in all of the public law proceedings relating to her children or from publishing any details relating to those proceedings, a further breach had been established. Accordingly, the Family Division sentenced the mother to six months’ imprisonment, suspended for a period of 12 months.
