The Weekly Law Reports
[1985] 2 WLR 279
[CHANCERY DIVISION]
ASHBY AND OTHERS v. EBDON AND OTHERS
1984 June 27,
28,
29;
July 2, 3, 4, 5; 20
July 2, 3, 4, 5; 20
Warner J.
Injunction
— Relator action
— Public interest
— Plaintiffs investigating affairs of housing association
— Refusal by association's officers to comply with plaintiffs' request for information
— Criminal sanction for non-compliance with request
— Plaintiffs' action to enforce obligation to give information
— Locus standi
— Whether relator action essential
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Housing Act 1974 (c 44), s 19(2)(3) (as amended by Housing Act 1980 (c 51), s 129, Sch 17, para 2)