Hearings
England & Wales
20 Jan 2000 [2000] EWCA Civ 2; [2000] 1 WLR 2559; [2000] 2 All ER 814, CA
Newman v Modern Bookbinders Ltd
Subject Matter
CONTEMPT OF COURT — Committal order — Civil contempt — Bailiff levying warrant of execution against judgment debtor — Breach of undertaking not to remove goods — Goods removed by debtor's business partner — On arrest debtor not informed of entitlement to apply for legal aid — Whether acts constituting contempt sufficiently particularised — Whether sufficient evidence of partner's ownership of goods for issue of interpleader summons — Whether debtor to be informed of right to seek legal aid — County Courts Act 1984, ss 92(1), 101 — Legal Aid Act 1988, s 29