The claimant’s action for malicious prosecution, false imprisonment and perjury against the police had been decided by the County Court judge, but the defendant said that the judge had failed to deal with an allegation that the claimant had acted recklessly. The judge considered the issues again and gave a second judgment confirming the first.
Held: The defendant’s appeal failed. S70 said that the decision of a county court judge was final as between th eparties. That did not mean that the court of appeal could consider them again, but only that if there was sufficient cause the matter would have to be remitted to te county court. That was not necessary here.
Judges:
Buxton LJ, Sedley LJ, Jonatan Parker LJ
Citations:
Times 10-Nov-2005, [2005] EWCA Civ 1454
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Statutes:
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Litigation Practice
Updated: 27 June 2022; Ref: scu.235825
