Update

Contempt of Court: Litigation is not a game

When it comes to the imposition of sanctions for non-compliance, the Royal Court of Guernsey is not bound by overly prescriptive rules; rather it acts to further the overriding objective, which is to deal with cases justly. Flexible it may be, but the Royal Court is no soft touch. Litigants who consistently and flagrantly flout the Royal Court's orders can be expected to be held to account. This was made abundantly clear in the recent committal ordered in the civil action of Invescap Holdings Limited v Lee Douglass (judgment 20 February 2015).