Sheffield City Council v Brooke

Subject Matter

CONTEMPT OF COURT — Committal order — Civil contempt — Defence of another — Application to commit defendant protester to prison for breach of undertaking not to enter safety zones erected around trees intended for felling — Defendant claiming to have entered safety zone to defend another protester believing that she was being assaulted by security staff — Whether providing defence to application to commit — Whether civil or criminal test applying — Whether defence precluded where police officers present

[2018] EWHC 1540 (QB); [2019] QB 48; [2018] 3 WLR 791; [2018] WLR(D) 384, QBD