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The International Data Insights Report: Trends in international arbitration
Mark Fallmann
14 December 2017
It’s only a court order, who cares? –Contempt of court
One of the trends over the last few years in civil fraud cases has been the increase in applications to the Court for defendants in civil fraud proceedings to be committed to prison for contempt of court (“Committal Applications”). Cases against a number of “Oligarchs” for breaches of freezing orders spring to mind.
However, recent cases show that the increase in Committal Applications is not just in fraud proceedings.
