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Court of Appeal allows appeal from High Court, and grants order requiring a liquidator of a forestry company to provide information and to permit the inspection of documents, on the grounds that there was no requirement for the applicant (whether creditor or contributory) to establish wrongdoing on the part of the liquidator, and that the power might be exercised in any case where the court thought it just.
S.684 of the Companies Act 2014 - Application for information and inspection of documents - Whether the power conferred by s. 684(1) of the Companies Act 2014 is a free standing statutory jurisdiction - applicants felt High Court Judge took too narrow a view of the power to order inspection - High Court Judge did not adequately engage in arguments as to the purpose of the power conferred by s. 684 of the Companies Act 2014 - appeal allowed - no requirement for applicants to establish a prima facie case - respondents cross appealed against the High Court finding that the contemplation of the possibility of litigation against the directors amounted to an indirect / incidental potential benefit to the winding up - cross appeal refused - parties to engage on appropriate form of order
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