Is mistake of law a defence to civil contempt?
Nova Scotia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Mutual Transportation Services Inc. v. Saarloos, 2016 NSSC 164 (CanLII):
Mistake of law is not a defence to civil contempt. As Cromwell J. noted in Carey v. Laiken, reliance on legal advice does not shield a party from a finding of contempt:
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