Harvey v Derrick - [1995] 1 NZLR 314

Courts — Judicial immunity — Action against District Court Judge for false imprisonment and negligence — Respondent committed to prison for non-payment of fines — Allegation that statutory criteria for warrant of committal lacking — Application to strike out claim for disclosing no reasonable cause of action — Whether District Court Judge had exceeded or acted without jurisdiction — Meaning of "jurisdiction" — Whether District Court Judge entitled to immunity from suit — Summary Proceedings Act 1957, ss 193 and 196A.