Editing Contempt of court (section)

====Civil contempt====
In civil proceedings there are two main ways in which contempt is committed:

# Failure to attend at court despite a [[summons#Civil summons|summons]] requiring attendance. In respect of the High Court, historically a [[Latitat|writ of latitat]] would have been issued, but now a [[bench warrant]] is issued, authorizing the [[tipstaff]] to arrange for the arrest of the individual, and imprisonment until the date and time the court appoints to next sit. In practice a groveling letter of apology to the court is sufficient to ward off this possibility, and in any event the warrant is generally "backed for bail"—i.e., [[bail]] will be granted once the arrest has been made and a location where the person can be found in future established.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Londono |first1=Patricia |title=Arlidge, Eady & Smith on Contempt |last2=Eady |first2=David |last3=Smith |first3=A.T.H. |last4=Mackay |first4=Ronald |author-link4=Ronald Mackay, Lord Eassie |year=2019 |publisher=Thomson Reuters (Professional) Australia. |isbn=9780414074507 |edition=5th |at=11-111}}</ref>
# Failure to comply with a court order. A copy of the order, with a "penal notice"—i.e., notice informing the recipient that if they do not comply they are subject to imprisonment—is served on the person concerned. If, after that, they breach the order, proceedings can be started and in theory the person involved can be sent to prison. In practice this rarely happens as the cost on the claimant of bringing these proceedings is significant and in practice imprisonment is rarely ordered as an apology or fine are usually considered appropriate.