Justices liable in damages
Justices liable in damages
- 1987
- Times 25/11/87 p44 .
In Regina v Manchester City Justices Ex parte Davies QBD 16 November 1987 it was held that where because of the justices` insufficiency of inquiry they had failed to address themselves to the question of whether a ratepayer`s failure to pay outstanding rates was `due ... to his culpable neglect ` within the meaning of s 103(1)(b) of the General Rate Act 1967 before committing him to prison they were liable to the ratepayer for damages at large, not limited to one penny, for wrongful imprisonment.
In Regina v Manchester City Justices Ex parte Davies QBD 16 November 1987 it was held that where because of the justices` insufficiency of inquiry they had failed to address themselves to the question of whether a ratepayer`s failure to pay outstanding rates was `due ... to his culpable neglect ` within the meaning of s 103(1)(b) of the General Rate Act 1967 before committing him to prison they were liable to the ratepayer for damages at large, not limited to one penny, for wrongful imprisonment.