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[2024] WLR(D) 37

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ADM International Sarl v Grain House International SA and another

[2024] EWCA Civ 33

2023 June 27; Dec 20;
2024 Jan 25

Singh, Popplewell, Snowden LJJ

Contempt of court— Committal order— Civil contempt— Company found to be in contempt of court for breaches of court disclosure orders— Company director found liable in his capacity as director for aiding and abetting breaches— Whether directors’ liability for civil contempt arising from procedural rules of court— Whether removal of reference to such liability from procedural rules of court meaning that directors to be treated as any other third party— Whether responsible persons liability principle a matter of substantive or procedural law— Civil Procedure (Amendment No 3) Rules 2020 (SI 2020/747), r 81.1(2)(3) — CPR r 84.1(3) [before 1 October 2020]

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