Legal challenges to the Judicial Conduct Investigations Office from public bodies
Dear Judicial Conduct Investigations Office,
1. How many times in the financial years 2012/13 to 2015/16 has JCIO been threatened with legal action by another public body?
2. In the same time frame how many pre-action protocol letters have been received by JCIO from another public body?
3. When was the last time another public body took JCIO to judicial review?
4. What is the policy for dealing with legal threats from public bodies within remit for investigation?
Yours faithfully,
fFaudwAtch UK
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Many Thanks
Laura
Mr Gilliatt
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