R (Datafin plc) v Panel on Take-overs and Mergers
R v Panel on Take-overs and Mergers; Ex parte Datafin plc [1987] QB 815 is a UK constitutional law, company law and administrative law case of the Court of Appeal. It extended the scope of judicial review in English law to private bodies exercising public functions. Before Datafin, only bodies established by statute could be judicially reviewed, while private bodies could only be sued for their actions in contract or tort law.