The corporation ran a wash house allowing users to attend and to wash their clothes. It introduced a new scheme under which a user would purchase a wash bag, fill it with clothes and leave it to be washed by corporation employees. This scheme was challenged.
Held: The new scheme fell without the scheme authorised by the 1846 Act and was unlawful. The corporation, a statutory body, was to be restrained from acting outside its powers.
Citations:
[1921] 1 Ch 440, [1921] 90 LJ Ch 281, [1921] 125 LT 14, [1921] 85 JP 213, [1921] 37 TLR 156, [1921] 65 Sol Jo 174, [1921] 19 LGR 441
Statutes:
Baths and Warehouses Act 1846, London Government Act 1899
Local Government
Updated: 12 May 2022; Ref: scu.188783