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  • Proceedings for contempt of court are not the staple of everyday practice.
  • The recent liability judgment of His Honour Justice Rothman of the New South Wales Supreme Court ([2018] NSWSC 925) is a helpful example of the Court’s approach to proceedings for contempt of court.

Proceedings for contempt of court are not the staple of everyday practice. They relate to conduct, which as the name suggests, is at the nadir of bad behaviour by a party to litigation. It is with regrettable irony then, that the victim of contemptuous behaviour is Dr Al Muderis, a highly regarded and well-known surgeon with reputation ‘of the highest order’, the ‘poster boy’ of medicine and twice nominated for Australian of the year.

The recent liability judgment of His Honour Justice Rothman of the New South Wales Supreme Court ([2018] NSWSC 925) is a helpful example of the Court’s approach to proceedings for contempt of court. The litigation also shines a light on Dr Al Muderis and aspects of his extraordinary life.

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