Read the full judgment text of DCMP 4219/2004 on BabelCite. This District Court judgment was delivered on 7 December 2005.
1. It is essential, if justice is to be done, that a witness should obey orders of the court for attendance, and it would appear that disobedience of a witness to attend trial will be classified as criminal contempt, irrespective of the nature of the proceedings in respect of which the attendance was required (See Arlidge, Eady and Smith on Contempt, 2nd edition, paragraph 11/87).