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Friends of the Earth v Secretary of State for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform [2008] EWHC 2518 (Admin); [2008] WLR (D) 333

“In the absence of a rationality challenge or a demonstrated failure to implement identifiable provisions of the strategy for the reduction of fuel poverty published by the defendant Secretaries of State in accordance with the duty imposed by s 2(1) of the Warm Homes and Energy Conservation Act 2000, it was not open to the court to review the policy decisions of the defendants as to the way in which they should go about the implementation of the strategy, including the requirement that efforts be made to achieve the targets specified as far as reasonably practicable.”

WLR Daily, 29th October 2008

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

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