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Further to our Insolvency Update issued on 11 December 2017, a recent High Court case has demonstrated the courts' willingness to take firm action against litigants acting in defiance of court orders.

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Further to our Insolvency Update issued on 11 December 2017, a recent High Court case has demonstrated the courts' willingness to take firm action against litigants acting in defiance of court orders.

In an ex tempore judgment delivered on 12 January 2018 in the matter of Carlisle Mortgages Limited v Costelloe¹, Mr. Justice Twomey found that the defendant was in contempt of court for his breach of previous court orders as well as his own sworn undertaking to the court. Accordingly, the court made an order for the imprisonment of the defendant for a period of seven days and gave liberty to the plaintiff to apply to the court to commit the defendant to prison for a further period in the event of a further breach.

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