It’s not great that they asked, but the system does appear to have worked as it should.
Or am I missing something?
Reality sounds more like they made a procedural request (possibly not a correct one) which was denied and they apologised.
> IPT secretary Susan Cobb wrote back to say: "It was inappropriate for your staff to seek to intervene in ongoing legal proceedings..."
> Lord Justice Singh told the room: "The tribunal's secretary acted entirely appropriately in responding the way she did and by drawing these matters to my attention. In March 2019, it was recognised that the direct communication was inappropriate."