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Ministry of Justice (MoJ) A UK government department that came into being in May 2007. It is responsible for the courts, judiciary, funding of cases, prisons, sentencing, and the probation service, as well as matters relating to EU law and international justice, human rights and civil liberties, and freedom of information and data protection issues, responsibilities that had previously been shared between the Home Office and the Department for Constitutional Affairs. Many of the functions historically exercised by the Lord Chancellor are now exercised by the Secretary of State for Justice. https://www.justice.gov.uk/ • Ministry of Justice section of the GOV.UK website: includes wide-ranging information on the courts system for both professional and lay users |