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035 _a(Sirsi) u59810
041 _aeng
245 _aJustices liable in damages
260 _c1987
350 _a0
490 _aTimes
_v25/11/87 p44
520 _aIn 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.
690 _aRATING AND VALUATION-CASE LAW
942 _n0
948 _c04/03/1997
999 _c36773
_d36773