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daniela drysdale

Dear Ministry of Justice,

I should be grateful if you could provide me with answers to the following questions:

1. Does the MOJ know of any instances (within the last seven years) in which the US Administration or any other official bodies in the US requested or compelled the UK government, in any way, to prevent any UK court or tribunal from allowing any civil matters to succeed or be heard in court.

2. If the answer to the first question above is 'yes', please provide information about the possible legal basis upon which such demands/pressures can be accommodated and the UK government's compliant actions justified.

3. If the MOJ cannot provide answers to my first question above on account of confidentiality, could you please clarify the legal grounds upon which such confidentiality can be entertained.

Thank you,

Yours faithfully,

Daniela Drysdale

Turner, Nic (MoJ HQ), Ministry of Justice

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Dear Ms Drysdale,

 

I attach a reply to your recent FOI request.

 

Kind regards,

Nic Turner

European Union Civil Law Policy and Private International Law Teams | Law,
Rights and International Directorate | Ministry of Justice | 6.12 102
Petty France London SW1H 9AJ

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daniela drysdale

Dear Mr Turner,

Thank you for your reply of 10 April 2010.

I have taken note of your cost constraints in complying with my request.

As I would still like to receive answers to all my questions from you, I have refined/ narrowed the scope of this information request.
In respect of my first question, I understand that the short answer is ‘yes’.
When checking further details held by the MoJ on this subject – i.e. information recorded in any format, including correspondence to and from your ministerial department - please bear in mind that:

- I am only interested in civil matters which were ongoing in the Employment Appeal Tribunal, High Court of Justice and the Court of Appeal of England and Wales from 1 April 2012 to 20 February 2013 and from 1 May 2014 to 1 August 2014.

- I am not interested in civil cases in which the US Administration or any other US official bodies were named parties to the legal proceedings.

I don’t quite see why, for the purpose of answering the three questions in my original application, you should need to research the final judgments/outcomes of all civil trials that would be covered by the terms of this FOI request.

I hope that my clarifications will reduce the amount of work needed to comply with this request to a level below the appropriate limit. I look forward to receiving further details from you.

Many thanks.

Yours sincerely,

Daniela Drysdale

daniela drysdale

Dear Turner, Nic (MoJ HQ),

Please see my clarification above.

Yours sincerely,

daniela drysdale

Turner, Nic (MoJ HQ), Ministry of Justice

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Dear Ms Drysdale,

 

I attach a reply to your recent renewed FOI request.

 

Kind regards

 

Nic Turner

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daniela drysdale

Dear Mr Turner,

Thank you for your reply of 15 May 2015.

You state that "the only way to establish instances where there has been any involvement by the US Government would be to conduct a file level search of all of the cases heard in the time period which you have defined" and that "to determine if the information requested is held we would need to trawl case papers relating to those civil cases launched in the EAT, the High Court and the Court of Appeal, over the period of time outlined in your renewed request, to determine whether the criteria you outlined had been applied"

I do not understand your statements quoted above and would be grateful if you could clarify. As far as I am concerned, all I have asked for was copies of correspondence to and from your department, memos, notes etc. on the subject of the US government (and US official bodies) interference with legal processes to which the US was not a named party. (i.e. Question 1)
In respect of Question 2, I was only interested in any policy, guidance or opinion held by you as to how such interference can be regarded as legitimate by the MOJ.

I do not agree that extracting such information would require a file level search of all of the cases within the specified period. It would only require a subject or keyword search of your correspondence register etc. for the named period. I assume that you have systems and procedures in place that allow you to track, trace and respond to significant items of correspondence that come into your department.

I look forward to receiving some helpful information from you.

Yours sincerely,

Daniela Drysdale

daniela drysdale

Dear Ministry of Justice,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.

I am writing to request an internal review of Ministry of Justice's handling of my FOI request 'Data regarding requests from'.

Your justifications for not providing me with the information I had requested do not seem plausible, and you have failed to respond to my latest clarification within the appropriate time.

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/d...

Yours faithfully,

Daniela Drysdale

Volume, Christopher, Ministry of Justice

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Dear Ms Drysdale

 

Please find attached a response to your recent request for an Internal
Review.

 

Kind regards

 

Chris Volume

European Criminal Justice and Rights

European and International Division

Ministry of Justice

6.11, 102 Petty France

London

SW1H 9AJ

 

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