Regulatory Bodies

Lord Soley
asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether it is standard practice for a regulatory body to insist that a complainant undertakes not to take legal action against the organisation subject to the regulatory body's authority before it will agree to examine the complaint. [HL2936]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (Baroness Vadera)
Practice within regulatory bodies, in relation to complaints, varies. Whether it would be appropriate for a regulator to consider a complaint about a particular matter where that matter is the subject of separate ongoing legal proceedings will depend on the circumstances of each case.