Ashby v Ebdon

Subject Matter

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 — Housing Act 1974, s 19(2)(3) (as amended by Housing Act 1980, s 129, Sch 17, para 2)

[1985] Ch 394; [1985] 2 WLR 279