Jailing Yaxley-Lennon for 18 months, Mr Justice Johnson said: “In a democratic society underpinned by the rule of law, court orders must be obeyed.
“Nobody is above the law. Nobody can pick or choose which laws or which injunctions they obey, or which they do not.
“Even if they believe that an injunction is... contrary to their views they must comply with the injunction.
“They are not entitled to set themselves up as the judge in their own court. Otherwise the administration of justice and rule of law would break down.”
Edwin is a barrister. He was born in Lincolnshire and grew up in Surrey. He studied law at Oxford University and was called to the Bar in 1987, where he specialised in all aspects of real property law.
Edwin was appointed as Queen’s Counsel in 2006. In 2017 he was appointed a Deputy High Court Judge, sitting in the Business and Property Courts, and a Barrister Member of the Bar Tribunals & Adjudication Service.
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Obviously a put up job by Keir Starmer, nobody gets 18 months for contempt of court.