No injustice in allowing District Court to determine enforceability in 2021 of fines imposed in 2016

Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal from the High Court, and affirmed refusal of judicial review seeking to restrain the enforcement in 2021 of fines imposed by the District Court in 2016 for road traffic offences. The appellant argued that the delay in executing the arrest warrant and enforcing the fines violated his constitutional right to fair procedures and his right to private and family life under the European Convention on Human Rights. The High Court had acknowledged the delay as excessive but found no inevitability of an unfair outcome, given the range of options available to the District Court, including the possibility of a community service order or striking out the fines due to delay. The Court of Appeal agreed with the High Court's meticulous analysis and found no error in its approach, emphasizing that the District Court is the appropriate forum to consider the appellant's arguments regarding the oppressiveness of the enforcement process due to delay.