Breakfast seminar: Contempt Applications and Committal Orders: Recent Developments and Practical Application
Elizabeth Jones KC, James Weale, Gareth Tilley, and Zahler Bryan will be presenting a breakfast seminar and discussion workshop themed around contempt applications and committal orders on Thursday, 25th May.
The seminar will cover various topics arising from recent cases, such as dealing with disclosure and abuse of process, mandatory orders, funding, including legal aid and frozen funds, the right to silence and privilege against self-incrimination, procedural traps and safeguards, drafting orders and counts, costs and sentencing, including the court’s power to stay.
Registration will open from 8.15 am, a light breakfast served from 8.30 am, and the panel discussion will start at 9am.
If you have any questions regarding the event or would like the details to be sent to a colleague, please email our BD team here.
Related Barristers
Elizabeth Jones KC
Call: 1984
Silk: 2000
James Weale KC has a very busy commercial chancery practice with a focus on domestic and international commercial and trusts disputes.
He is recognised as a leading practitioner in those fields by Chambers & Partners, Legal 500, Chambers Global, Chambers High Net Worth, and Who’s Who Legal, where they describe him as a “brilliant lawyer” and a “Superstar”. He was Chambers & Partners’ Chancery Junior of the Year in 2023.
He regularly appears (both as sole and junior counsel) in the English High Court and has appeared several times in the Court of Appeal. He also has considerable experience in overseas jurisdictions (including as sole counsel), including Bermuda, the DIFC, the BVI, Cayman, Jersey, Guernsey, Gibraltar and Panama.
James Weale KC
Call: 2007
Silk: 2026
Gareth Tilley
Call: 2007
Zahler Bryan has a broad commercial chancery practice, with a particular emphasis on contentious trusts, civil fraud and financial disputes.
She regularly advises on a wide range of matters, with considerable experience in large-scale commercial and trust disputes spanning an extensive range of jurisdictions.
Zahler also has a particular interest in appellate work and has appeared in the Supreme Court and the Privy Council.
Described as “razor smart and a great asset to any team“, Zahler was awarded ‘Chancery Junior of the Year’ at the Legal 500 UK Bar Awards 2023.
Zahler Bryan
Call: 2012
