British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Workers’ Compensation Board of British Columbia v. Seattle Environmental Consulting Ltd., 2020 BCCA 365 (CanLII):
It is common ground that a contempt proceeding, even one involving civil contempt as in the present case, is quasi-criminal in nature, engaging the principles of fundamental justice and Charter protections. This is because civil contempt can attract criminal consequences, including a custodial sentence: Interfor v. Simm, 2000 BCCA 500 at para. 25.
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