Ministry of Justice
- Date 17 March 2016
- Sector Central government
- Decision(s) FOI 40: Not upheld, FOI 42: Not upheld
The complainant has requested correspondence and communications within the Ministry of Justice (MOJ), or between the Legal Aid Agency (LAA) and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, relating to the funding of a case where there had been some prospect of judicial review proceedings arising. The Commissioner decided that, subject to disclosing the information listed for disclosure in the confidential annex to this decision notice for which no exemptions are engaged, MOJ has applied section 42(1) and 40(2) FOIA appropriately. He found that section 40(1) also applied to some of the withheld information. The Commissioner does not require MOJ to take any additional steps.