“… of this is that a criminal contempt imposes a threshold of seriousness that is not a feature of civil contempt: see Director of Serious Fraud Office v O’Brien [2014] AC 1246.…”
“…significant aim of an order than securing compliance with the orders of the court. The distinction was examined by Lord Toulson in R v. O’Brien [2014] UKSC 23; [2014] AC 1246 at [42]:-…”
“… not sole purpose will be to uphold and ensure compliance with the order. In summary, this is “contempt which is not itself a crime”: R v O’Brien [2014]UKSC 23 [2014] AC 1246 [42] (Lord Toulson). Hence the use of language such as “liability” and “sanction” rather than “conviction” and “sentence”.…”