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The court has discretion to refuse to hear, or to impose conditions on, a person who is in contempt and has not purged their contempt. This is known as a Hadkinson order. On considering an application for such an order the court will consider whether the respondent is in contempt, whether there is there any impediment to justice, and if there is any other effective means of securing compliance with the court's orders. The court will also consider whether it should exercise its discretion to impose conditions, having regard to whether the contempt is wilful, and if so, what conditions would be proportionate. Such an order is a remedy of last resort and exercised judicially, sparingly and proportionately. The court must make a proper investigation to produce a fair and accurate judgment, as to restrict one party from participating may potentially to lead to injustice. An application for a Hadkinson order is made under the FPR 2010, SI 2010/2955, Pt 18 procedure (per Assoun v Assoun).