Ministry of Justice
- Date 1 February 2017
- Sector Central government
- Decision(s) FOI 10: Upheld, FOI 14: Not upheld
The complainant made three requests for information to the Ministry of Justice in which he requested information about the conduct of court proceedings by members of the judiciary. The Ministry of Justice relied upon the section 14(1) exemption of FOIA to refuse the requests. The Commissioner decided that the Ministry of Justice had applied the section 14(1) FOIA exemption correctly. She therefore does not require the Ministry of Justice to take any steps to comply with the legislation. However she also found that the Ministry of Justice had delayed its initial response to one of the requests (request 2 - FS50646503) for too long and, in so doing, had breached section 10(1) FOIA. The Commissioner does not require the Ministry of Justice to take any steps to comply with the legislation.