Jennison v Baker

Subject Matter

CONTEMPT OF COURT — Committal order — County court — Landlord seeking to evict tenants — Interim injunction to restrain landlord — Disobedience by landlord resulting in departure of tenants — Committal of landlord and damages order — Whether power in county court to order committal for past disobedience — County Courts Act 1959, s 74

[1972] 2 QB 52; [1972] 2 WLR 429

Legislation Considered

Statutes

County Courts Act 1959 (7 & 8 Eliz 2, c 22), s. 74

Cases Cited

Cases cited in: Jennison v Baker [1972] 2 QB 52; [1972] 2 WLR 429; [1972] 1 All ER 997, CA

Avory v. Andrews (1882) 46 L.T. 279.

Chapman v Honig [1963] 2 QB 502; [1963] 3 WLR 19; [1963] 2 All ER 513, CA

Davies, In re 21 QBD 236, DC

Ex Parte Martin 4 QBD 212, DC

Freston, In re 11 QBD 545, CA

Hymas v Ogden [1905] 1 KB 246, CA

Lechmere Charltons Case (1836) 2 My. & Cr. 316.

Morris v Crown Office [1970] 2 QB 114; [1970] 2 WLR 792; [1970] 1 All ER 1079, CA

O’Shea v O’Shea & Parnell 15 PD 59, CA

Phonographic Performance Ltd v Amusement Caterers (Peckham) Ltd [1964] Ch 195; [1963] 3 WLR 898; [1963] 3 All ER 493, Ch D

Pryor v The City Offices Co 10 QBD 504, CA

R v Davies [1906] 1 KB 32, DC

Rex v. Almon (1765) Wilm. 243.

Rex v. Edwards, Ex parte Welsh Church Temporalities Commissioners (1933) 49 T.L.R. 382, D.C.

Rex v. Middlesex Sheriff (1789) 3 Term Rep. 133.

Rex v. Newton (1903) 19 T.L.R. 627, D.C.

Richards v Cullerne 7 QBD 623, CA

Roach v. Garvan (1742) 2 Atk. 469.

Roberts v Albert Bridge Co LR 8 Ch App 753, CA

Scott v Scott [1913] UKHL 2; [1913] AC 417; 29 TLR 520, HL(E)

Seaward v Paterson [1897] 1 Ch 545, CA

Skipworth’s Case (Note) LR 9 QB 230, DC

The Queen v Lefroy LR 8 QB 134, QBD

The Queen v The Judge Of The Brompton County Court and Vague [1893] 2 QB 195, DC

Wellesley (Lord) v. Mornington (Earl of) (1848) 11 Beav. 180.

Cases citing

Cases citing: Jennison v Baker [1972] 2 QB 52; [1972] 2 WLR 429; [1972] 1 All ER 997, CA

ADM International Sarl v Grain House International SA [2024] EWCA Civ 33; [2024] 1 WLR 3262; [2024] 1 All ER (Comm) 1194; [2024] WLR(D) 37, CA

AJ Bekhor & Co Ltd v Bilton [1981] QB 923; [1981] 2 WLR 601; [1981] 2 All ER 565; [1981] 1 Lloyd's Rep 491, CA

Attorney General v Punch Ltd [2002] UKHL 50; [2003] 1 AC 1046; [2001] 1 WLR 2111; [2003] 2 WLR 49; [2003] 1 All ER 289, HL(E)

Attorney General v Times Newspapers Ltd (No 3) [1992] 1 AC 191; [1991] 2 WLR 994; [1991] 2 All ER 398; (1991) 141 NLJ 528; The Times, 12 April 1991; The Independent, 23 April 1991, HL(E)

Cobra Golf Inc v Rata [1998] Ch 109; [1997] 2 WLR 629; [1997] 2 All ER 150, Ch D

Con-Mech (Engineers) Ltd v AUEW [1973] ICR 620, NIRC

Dar Al Arkan Real Estate Development Co v Refai [2014] EWCA Civ 715; [2015] 1 WLR 135; [2014] WLR (D) 239, CA

Davy International Ltd v Tazzyman [1997] 1 WLR 1256; [1997] 3 All ER 183, CA

Director of Public Prosecutions v Scarlett [2000] 1 WLR 515, CA

Enfield London Borough Council v Mahoney [1983] 1 WLR 749; [1983] 2 All ER 901, CA

In re M (A Minor) (Contempt of Court: Committal of Court’s Own Motion) [1999] Fam 263; [1999] 2 WLR 810; [1999] 2 All ER 56; [1999] 1 FLR 810, CA

In re Supply of Ready Mixed Concrete [1992] QB 213; [1991] 3 WLR 707; [1992] ICR 229; [1991] 4 All ER 150; The Times, 26 July 1991; The Independent, 2 August 1991, CA

JSC BTA Bank v Ablyazov (No 14) [2018] UKSC 19; [2020] AC 727; [2018] 2 WLR 1125; [2018] 3 All ER 293; [2018] 2 All ER (Comm) 479; [2018] WLR (D) 184; Case details, SC(E)

K v K (Divorce Costs: Interest) [1977] Fam 39; [1977] 2 WLR 55; [1977] 1 All ER 576, CA

Lee v Walker [1985] QB 1191; [1985] 3 WLR 170; [1985] 1 All ER 781, CA

Orton v Collins [2007] EWHC 803 (Ch); [2007] 1 WLR 2953; [2007] 3 All ER 863, Ch D

P v Griffith [2020] EWCOP 46, Ct of Protection

Peart v Stewart [1982] 1 WLR 389; [1982] 2 All ER 369, CA

Peart v Stewart [1983] 2 AC 109; [1983] 2 WLR 451; [1983] 1 All ER 859, HL(E)

Phonographic Performance Ltd v Ellis (t/a Bla Bla Bar) [2018] EWCA Civ 2812; [2019] Bus LR 542; [2018] WLR(D) 776, CA

Rose v Laskington Ltd [1990] 1 QB 562; [1989] 3 WLR 873; [1989] 3 All ER 306, DC

Savings & Investment Bank Ltd v Gasco Investments (Netherlands) BV (No 2) [1988] Ch 422; [1988] 2 WLR 1212; [1988] 1 All ER 975, CA

THQ/Jakks Pacific LLC v World Wide Fund for Nature (Formerly World Wildlife Fund) [2003] EWCA Civ 401, CA

Whitter v Peters [1982] 1 WLR 389; [1982] 2 All ER 369, CA

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