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Jet2Holidays Ltd v Hughes

Hearings

England & Wales

[2018] EWHC 3716 (QB), QBD (Judge Owen QC sitting as a judge of the Queen’s Bench Division)

08 Nov 2019 [2019] EWCA Civ 1858; [2020] 1 WLR 844; [2019] WLR(D) 621; The Times, 3 February 2020, CA (Sir Terence Etherton MR, Hamblen, Flaux LJJ)

Subject Matter

CONTEMPT OF COURT — Civil contempt — Witness statement — Witness statement verified by statement of truth made before commencement of proceedings in compliance with pre-action protocol — Maker of statement never bringing proceedings for substantive relief — Whether court having jurisdiction to commit maker of statement for contempt if statement dishonest — CPR rr 32.14, 81.13(2), Practice Direction 81, para 16.2

[2019] EWCA Civ 1858; [2020] 1 WLR 844; [2019] WLR(D) 621; The Times, 3 February 2020, CA

Appellate History

Jet2Holidays Ltd v Hughes [2018] EWHC 3716 (QB), QBD

Decision of Judge Owen QC sitting as a judge of the Queen’s Bench Division reversed

Jet2Holidays Ltd v Hughes [2019] EWCA Civ 1858; [2020] 1 WLR 844; [2019] WLR(D) 621; The Times, 3 February 2020, CA

Commentary

Blackstones Civil Practice 2023
Statement of Truth 51.6

Expectation of Compliance with the Protocols - False statements in pre-action protocol letters 8.4

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