What is the current state of the law concerning “judicial” immunity?

Alberta, Canada


The following excerpt is from Flock v. Beattie, 2010 ABQB 193 (CanLII):

However, her position is at odds with the law concerning “judicial” immunity stated by Lord Denning in Sirros v. Moore,[23] subsequently adopted by the Supreme Court.[24] Lord Denning’s remarks most pertinent here are these: “So long as he does his work in the honest belief that it is within his jurisdiction then he is not liable to an action. He may be mistaken in fact. He may be ignorant in law What he does may be outside his jurisdiction - in fact or in law - but so long as he honestly believes it to be within his jurisdiction, he should not be liable. Once he honestly entertains this belief, nothing else will make him liable.”

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