Law Commission Supplementary Consultation on contempt of court

We are conducting a review of the law on contempt of court and considering the need for reform to improve its effectiveness, consistency, and coherence. Our objective is to produce a law of contempt that is easier to understand, fairer, and that better protects the administration of justice. This is a public supplementary consultation by the Law Commission for England and Wales. The topic of this supplementary consultation is contempt of court. It supplements our public consultation on contempt of court that ran from 9 July 2024 to 29 November 2024. This supplementary consultation paper includes only two substantive questions, both of which were included in our 2024 consultation paper on contempt of court (No 262). This supplementary consultation provides a further opportunity for consultees to respond to narrow issues concerning liability for contempt by publication when criminal proceedings are active and possible defences to liability. For more in