Judgment Approved by the court for handing down. Solicitor General v Millinder Lady Justice Andrews: Introduction 1. On 6 July 2021, following an application made by the Attorney General under section 42 of the Senior Courts Act 1981, and a “hybrid” hearing at which the Respondent, Paul Millinder, appeared remotely by Cloud Virtual Platform (“CVP”) and represented himself, the Divisional Court (Lady Justice Andrews and Mr Justice Swift) made an “all proceedings” order against Mr Millinder, on the basis that he had habitually, persistently and without any reasonable ground instituted vexatious civil and criminal proceedings (“the section 42 Order”). The background to the making of that order is set out in detail in the judgment of Mr Justice Swift in the section 42 proceedings, HM Attorney General v Millinder [2021] EWHC 1865 (Admin). 2. The section 42 order was served on Mr Millinder by email at 12.38 on 6 July 2021. He acknowledged receipt on 8 July 2021, responding in these terms: “ The judgment is void as ultra vires and so is the order. It was ultra vires of the purported judges to make an order that perverts the course of justice after evading every single part of my evidence that proves my case beyond doubt … There is no real order of the court, only fraud, corruption and perversion of the course of justice driven by colluding criminals in Parliament who have coerced the judiciary to behave in this way… I will not comply with a void order, it will not restrain me, not in the slightest.” (Emphasis supplied). 3. Mr Millinder was true to his word. His deliberate and persistent acts of disobedience to the section 42 order have led the Solicitor General to bring these proceedings for his committal for contempt of court. 4. Mr Millinder is aggrieved by the fact that the merits of a commercial dispute between his companies, Empowering Wind MFC, and Earth Energy Investments LLP, and Middlesbrough Football & Athletic Company (1986) Ltd (“Middlesbrough FC”), concerning arrangements entered into in 2012 for the construction of a wind turbine at Middlesborough FC’s football stadium and the supply of energy from the turbine, have never been adjudicated upon by a court. He refuses to accept that there is no means by which that dispute can now be litigated, despite the fact that he has been told so by many different judges. 5. A full account of the underlying dispute is to be found in the judgment of Sir Geoffrey Vos, then the Chancellor of the High Court, in Middlesbrough Football and Athletic Co (1986) Ltd v Earth Energy Investments LLP (In Liquidation) [2019] EWHC 226 (Ch); [2019] 1 WLR 3709, refusing an application by Mr Millinder to set aside an Extended Civil Restraint Order (“ECRO”) made against him. 2