United Kingdom (2007), England and Wales Court of Appeal

United Kingdom (2007), England and Wales Court of Appeal

Patel v. Patel
[2007] EWCA Civ 384

The appellant argued that the sentence he received for violating his committal order was excessively harsh, and sought to reduce the penalty. However, the judge rejected this argument on the grounds that the cumulative effect of the appellant’s violent behaviour against his wife and children warranted the punishment.

“The case is one in which the history was manifestly serious and relevant. The husband's denial of the breaches and total absence of any remorse was also relevant...Two things make the November incidents considerably more serious. The first is the cumulative effect of the successive incidents and the second, above all, is the fact that the wife was entitled in November to regard herself as under the protection of the suspended committal order imposed in October, for which the husband plainly had not the slightest regard.” (Quoted form Original Judgment)

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