Letter Before Claim sent to the Treasury Solicitor and Ofgem on 30th August 2022

 My Letter Before Claim (the first formal step towards a Claim for Judicial Review in the Administrative Court) was sent by email to the Treasury Solicitor and to Ofgem on 30th August 2022.

The Proposed Defendants are the Gas and Electricity Markets Authority and the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (Kwasi Kwarteng).

In the Letter Before Claim I named Nicola Sturgeon MSP as an Interested Party.

The proposed deadline for reply is 17.00 on Tuesday 6th September 2022.

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