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Contempt of court

  • 21-11-2006 7:24am
    #1
    Victor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 78,643 ✭✭✭✭


    Ouch!! (see piece in bold).

    http://www.rte.ie/news/2006/1120/solicitor.html
    Clare man told to remove website content
    20 November 2006 23:30

    The High Court has told a Co Clare man accused of being responsible for a website which encourages people to rate their lawyers that he could be jailed for four months if certain materials are not removed from the site by Thursday.

    Mr Justice Joseph Finnegan told John Gill from Drumline in Newmarket on Fergus that if all material relating to barrister Jayne Maguire was not removed from the website, www.rate-your-solicitor.com, by Thursday afternoon, he would jail him.

    Ms Maguire is suing Mr Gill for libel. She says defamatory messages about her were posted on the website and she says Mr Gill is the administrator of the site.

    Mr Gill denies being responsible for the site.

    During the hearing a snort was heard from one of Mr Gill's supporters.

    When one supporter told Mr Justice Finnegan 'the cat' had made the noise, he was fined €10,000 for contempt of court.

    Mr Gill told the court he would make every effort to have the material removed.

    He said he and his supporters would put an ad in the national newspapers in an effort to find out who was responsible for the site.


Comments

  • #2
    flogen
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 10,247 Mod ✭✭✭✭flogen


    ouch indeed... €10,000 for snorting (although the judge probably only slapped it on him for his smart arse comment on the cat :D)


  • #3
    2funki4wheelz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 203 ✭✭2funki4wheelz


    Read that this morning, hilarious but surely a very steep fine for a snort and a cheeky comment?


  • #4
    DMC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,726 ✭✭✭✭DMC


    There are so many thoughts I could type right now, that I really I shouldn't... just in case!


  • #5
    r3nu4l
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,400 ✭✭✭✭r3nu4l


    The way it is written implies that one supporter made the snort and a separate supporter made the comment.

    The author doesn't make any effort to say whether there was amiguity over the snort and comment coming from the same person so I read it as two different people disturbing proceedings and one getting the fine. Ouchity ouch!


  • #6
    sh_o
    Closed Accounts Posts: 198 ✭✭sh_o


    The same case was in front of the court again on Thursday - The judge indicated that if the contempt was purged - i.e. the man who was found to be in contempt was to apologise, then he may revisit the punishment.
    The person was not however present in court due to illness.


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  • #7
    JaysusMacfeck
    Closed Accounts Posts: 324 ✭✭JaysusMacfeck


    This may explain the reference to the cat?


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