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NASSAU, BAHAMAS The Court of Appeal has denied Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard’s application for conditional leave to appeal to the Privy Council its decision to dismiss an appeal that sought to quash a judge’s contempt of court order.
On February 4 of this year, the applicant filed a notice of motion for conditional leave to appeal to the Privy Council against the February 1, 2021, appellate court judgment dismissing his appeal seeking to quash the November 2019 decision of Supreme Court Justice Bowe-Darville.
Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard.
The judge had found Nygard to be in contempt of the court and ordered him to be committed for 90 days and a fine of $150,000 was imposed. Nygard had been fined for breaching an injunction order granted by Justice Keith Thompson. The fine was to be paid within seven days of the ruling. Failing to turn himself over to police or failure to pay the fine would have resulted in an additional 30 days in prison and a $5,000 fine for ea
NASSAU, BAHAMAS The Court of Appeal has denied Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard additional time to appeal a contempt order for breaching a Supreme Court injunction.
In November 2019, Justice Ruth Bowe-Darville had sentenced Nygard to 90 days’ imprisonment and fined him $150,000 for breaching an injunction order granted in February of that year by Justice Keith Thompson. The fine was to be paid within seven days of the ruling. Failing to turn himself over to police or failure to pay the fine would have resulted in an additional 30 days in prison and a $5,000 fine for each day the fine was unpaid.
Bowe-Darville had imposed the sentence in the fashion mogul’s absence as he had failed to appear for the hearing.