Contempt of court by improper pressure on a litigant may be committed where the pressure is channelled through a third party intermediary rather than applied directly to the party to the litigation. In urgent cases where the nature of threatened publication is unspecified, interlocutory injunctions in general terms may be appropriate, and the need for precision is considerably less in the context of interlocutory relief subject to further order. The restrictive approach to interlocutory injunctions in defamation (Bonnard v Perryman) does not apply to contempt of court where the person to be restrained can identify no legitimate interest in publication.
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