“…(c). I accept Mr Coppel’s submission that the approach of the Divisional Court in R v Commissioner for Local Administration ex p Croydon London Borough Council [1989] 1 All ER 1033 is incorrect. Section 26(6)(c) is fundamental to the Ombudsman’s jurisdiction. It applies at the start of an investigation but it continues to apply throughout…”
“…Dicta of Woolf LJ in R v Commissioner for Local Administration ex parte Croydon London Borough Council [1989] 1 All ER 1033. Woolf LJ said that s 26(6) covers a situation where:…”
“… to me that the proper approach, having in mind Lord Woolf's observations [in R v Commissioner for Local Administration ex Parte Croydon London Borough Council [1989] 1 All ER 1033 at 1046] is that an absence of prejudice, so far as s.7(5)(b) is concerned is a highly material factor but is not of itself conclusive in favour of an extensio…”