“…ficance of punishment as compared to ensuring future compliance with the order. We refer to paragraph 8 of the judgment of Coulson LJ in Breen v Esso Petroleum [2022] EWCA Civ 1405 with which we agree. This places the emphasis in civil contempt case on the importance of the objective of ensuring future compliance. We refer also to the ver…”
“…The legal principles as to sanctions in protestor cases were summarised recently in the judgment of this court in Breen & Ors v Esso Petroleum Company Ltd [2022] EWCA Civ 1405 at [5]-[17]. It is therefore unnecessary to repeat those paragraphs here: they should be read as if they were part of this judgment. The principles there set o…”
“…First, I would respectfully endorse these observations made by Coulson LJ in Breen and others v. Esso Petroleum Company Limited [2022] EWCA Civ 1405 at paragraph 8.…”