Ministry of Justice
- Date 29 January 2018
- Sector Central government
- Decision(s) FOI 32: Not upheld
The complainant asked the Ministry of Justice to confirm the existence of named court proceedings and its public records for those proceedings. The Ministry of Justice neither confirmed nor denied holding the requested information, relying on section 32(3) FOIA (court records, etc). The Commissioner investigated the Ministry of Justice’s application of section 32(3) FOIA and decided that the Ministry was entitled to rely on that exemption to neither confirm nor deny holding the information. The Commissioner requires no steps to be taken as a result of this decision.