“…o restriction on a public law challenge being made by way of defence to enforcement action taken by the public authority (as happened in Wandsworth LBC v Winder[1985] 1 AC 461). In Winder, a council flat tenant was permitted to defend county court proceedings for possession and arrears of rent by challenging the validity of Wandswort…”
“…Transport Police [1999] 2 AC 143 (“Boddington”) and Wandsworth London BoroughCouncil v Winder [1985] 1 AC 461 (“Winder”), he submitted that an affected individual would be unable properly to defend himself in relation to a matter which may form the basis of criminal or…”