Keegan v de Burca
| Jurisdiction | Ireland |
| Court | Supreme Court |
| Judgment Date | 24 July 1973 |
| Docket Number | [1971. No. 2379 P.] |
| Date | 24 July 1973 |
(S.C.)
Keegan
and
de Burca
Contempt of court -Witness refusing to answer question posed by judge - Criminal contempt - Summary trial -Punishment.
During the course of the plaintiffs' civil action, the High Court made an interlocutory order restraining the defendant and others from entering upon or occupying the plaintiffs' property. The plaintiffs brought a motion seeking an order of attachment because of the defendant's alleged breach of the interlocutory order. At the hearing of the motion the...
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