The suspended sentence came after Meyer failed to pay £197,000 in solicitors fees to Farrer & Co partner Julian Pike, and later refused to come to court as she instead demanded that she be allowed to tune into hearings remotely. He claimed that rather than taking it as mitigation, he simply viewed Meyer’s defence as another “aggravating feature of the contempt.” Farrer & Co In handing the entrepreneur a six-month suspended sentence, Mr Justice Kerr added that some of the evidence filed on Meyer’s behalf sought to make out that Meyer is “too important for the courts of England and Wales to take precedent over her other interests.” “I am satisfied there is every prospect that the defendant will continue to flout orders of the court unless coerced into obeying them,” the Judge said, as he claimed that it is “necessary” to show “the court is not to be trifled with.” Meyer’s lawyers also claimed the businesswoman had a “genuine concern” about disclosing financial documents, as she claimed Meyer “feels that she is being pursued by individuals in Switzerland and journalists in the UK,” according to the Law Society Gazette.In a ruling earlier this month, High Court judge Mr Justice Kerr said Meyer had been “cynical” in breaching the High Court’s orders, as he claimed the proceedings had shown her “to be a selfish and untrustworthy person.” However, the High Court judge later ruled that Meyer does not require permission to appeal the sentence, on the grounds that Mr Justice Kerr lacked the jurisdiction to hand it down, as Meyer claimed Farrer & Co failed to comply with procedural requirements. In seeking permission to overturn the six-month suspended sentence handed down by Mr Justice Kerr in February, Meyer put forward five separate grounds for appeal – all of which were turned out by the court as having “no prospect of success”. The venture capitalist also claimed that she was unable to comply with the High Court’s order that she hand over financial documents, as doing so would cause her to breach Swiss laws.
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