McWhirter v Platten

Subject Matter

LOCAL GOVERNMENT — Election — London borough council election — Application for order to inspect ballot papers — Serious discrepancies between published voting figures and possible votes on ballot papers issued — Whether an “offence in relation to ballot papers” — Purpose of order — Whether “required” for intended prosecution — Discretion — Representation of the People Act, 1949, s 51 (1) (3) — London Borough Council Elections Rules, 1968, r 49 (1)

[1970] 1 QB 508; [1969] 2 WLR 42