Judicial signature
Judicial signature
Although I do not think it appears in the respondent’s affidavit, I mention here for completeness the point raised in correspondence in December 2024, that the order of 2022 was invalid because not signed by the judge. I have already set out the relevant terms of CPR rule 40.2 earlier in this judgment. There is no such requirement of judicial signature, and accordingly the order was not invalid on that basis.
- Heading
- INTRODUCTION
- The trial of the Part 8 claim
- The order of 5 April 2022
- The present application
- PROCEDURE
- The respondent’s application for a stay
- The family trust’s application for a stay
- Whether to proceed in the respondent’s absence
- THE CONTEMPT APPLICATION
- Findings
- The law
- Contempt: procedure
- Contempt: substance
- The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002
- Submissions
- The respondent
- Discussion
- Dispensing with personal service
- Service and joinder
- The impact of “false evidence”
- Judicial signature
- Was there any breach of the order?
- Conclusions
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