Contempt of court is a potentially misleading term. This part of the law is not about
insults or other expressions of disrespect for judges or courts or their decisions.
Contempt of court is the label or umbrella name for a disparate body of legal rules or
principles which share the common purpose of protecting the due administration of
justice. The achievement of that aim is not only of interest to those directly involved
in legal proceedings. Securing the efficient and fair administration of justice is intrinsic
to upholding the rule of law, which is in the interests of the public generally."

R v Jordan
[2024] EWCA Crim 229
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