“Duffus, J., quoted from the judgment of Scrutton, L.J., in Scammell & Nephew Ltd. v. Hurley [1929] 1 K.B. 419, where he said [at p. 427] that “To require the application of the Public Authorities Protection Act, the acts must be acts not authorised by any statute or legal justification, but acts intended to be done in pursuance or execution of some statute or legal power.” We agree with Duffus, J., in regarding that passage as applying equally to the Public Officers Protection Law. The Law is designed to protect the officer who acts in good faith and does not apply to acts done in abuse of office and with no semblance of legal justification…”
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