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Litigation Letter

Contempt

In re M (children) CA SJ 22 April

The court was not entitled to impose a custodial sentence simply because the appellant did not have the means to pay a fine, and it was not entitled to make an order suspending committal to prison unless it was first satisfied that custody had been justified.

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