Court orders disclosure of redacted interim report into affairs of media group to interested parties

Company law - pplication of numerous persons and entities (“the Applicants”) to be provided with copies of an interim report presented to the court by Inspectors appointed over a media group – Court had appointed inspectors - Inspectors were directed to deliver an interim report - terms of reference - Data Interrogation issue - statutory provisions
Director’s approach - Inspectors’ approach – applicants - discretion - all of the Applicants agree that they have no absolute entitlement to a copy of the Inspectors’ report - statutory entitlement to apply to the court and thereafter it is a matter of the court’s discretion as to whether they should be furnished with a copy of the report – caselaw - that the furnishing of a copy of the report to the Applicants would in any way interfere with the oversight by the Inspectors – Inspectors opposed to the provision of the report in its totality - court should not take any step which might impede the progress of the inspection or jeopardise in any way the integrity and progress of the inspection - no objection to those parts of the report which do not deal with evidential matters being disclosed – Court directs the furnishing of the report to all of the Applicants given their respective interests but with appropriate redactions so as to fully take account of the Inspectors’ concerns.