The appellants, an optician and his associated companies, appealed a finding of contempt and a $1 million fine for flagrantly breaching a court order.
The underlying order prohibited them from prescribing and dispensing corrective lenses without a prescription from an optometrist or physician.
The Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal, finding that the notice of application was adequate, the self-represented appellant received a fair hearing, and the consolidated hearing on liability and penalty did not vitiate the contempt finding.
The $1 million fine was upheld due to the appellants' deliberate and protracted disobedience of the court order.
