LAW TIP
Any action that disrespects the Court’s authority/interferes with ongoing legal proceedings amounts to contempt. Once aware of a pending motion, any conduct that could affect a fair hearing/ the justice process is contempt of court. REP. v MOFFAT & ORS; EX PARTE ALLOTEY [1971] 2 GLR 391-403
QUOTE FROM JUDGEMENT
“It is well established that any conduct which tends to bring the authority and administration of the law into disrespect or to interfere with any pending litigation is a contempt of court. So that once the respondents had become aware of the pendency of the motion before the High Court, and which motion gave them notice in clear terms of the court’s intention to inquire into the matter and to decide whether or not they should be prohibited from outdooring the said James Allotey, any conduct on their part which was likely to prejudice a fair hearing of that motion or was likely to interfere with the due administration of justice, would amount to a contempt of court, absence of an interim order for stay notwithstanding” REPUBLIC v. MOFFAT AND OTHERS; EX PARTE ALLOTEY [1971] 2 GLR 391-403