Hearings
England & Wales
21 Dec 1984 [1986] QB 479; [1985] 3 WLR 788; [1985] 3 All ER 727, QBD
23 Jun 1986 [1986] QB 983; [1986] 3 WLR 315; [1986] 2 All ER 981, CA
R v Waltham Forest Justices, Ex parte Solanke
Additional names
Solanke, Ex parte
Subject Matter
JUSTICES — Liability to suit — Acting in execution of office — Periodical payments order not registered — Justices believing order registered committing plaintiff to prison for non-payment of arrears — No jurisdiction to make committal order — Plaintiff claiming damages — Whether justices acting in execution of office — Whether justices' liability limited to one penny — Justices of the Peace Act 1979, s 52(1)
[1986] QB 479; [1986] QB 983; [1985] 3 WLR 788; [1986] 3 WLR 315
Appellate History
R v Waltham Forest Justices, Ex parte Solanke [1986] QB 479; [1985] 3 WLR 788; [1985] 3 All ER 727, QBD
Decision of Woolf J affirmed
R v Waltham Forest Justices, Ex parte Solanke [1986] QB 983; [1986] 3 WLR 315; [1986] 2 All ER 981, CA