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Home > About the GLS > GLS Departments > Ministry of Justice Ministry of Justice (MoJ) We are one of the largest departmental legal teams
in Whitehall, consisting of eight legal advisory teams and a legal policy
team headed at SCS level. There are approximately 80 members of legal
directorate. We have recently moved to modern refurbished premises with
excellent facilities over looking St James Park. Below is a short description
of the work of the various teams. I s responsible for advising on human rights law
and information law, subjects for which MoJ has the policy lead in Whitehall.
The team is responsible for co-ordinating legal advice on their subjects
across Whitehall and ensuring that departments' lines are consistent with
Government policy. There are three sub-teams, The Human Rights Law team,
The Freedom of Information team and The Data Protection team. The key purpose of this team is to enable decisions
to be taken by MoJ about its own legal relationships with knowledge of
the legal risks and their financial and reputational consequences e.g.
employment and the procurement of goods and services. Advises on subjects as diverse as, reform of the
law governing limitation periods, land law, wills and succession, general
tort and contract, private international law and civil judicial co-operation,
defamation, "compensation culture" and the law of damages, forced
marriages, domestic violence, reciprocal enforcement of maintenance, mental
capacity and civil enforcement. The main areas of work are criminal law policy,
criminal procedure, victims and witnesses and mental disordered offenders.
The team provides the full range of legal services to the Office of Criminal
Justice Reform, and the Criminal law policy unit and the Mental Health
Unit in the MoJ. Advises on all aspects of the constitutional settlement
and the government's constitutional reform agenda. Work includes co-ordination
of the Constitutional Renewal Bill which will implement the results of
consultations on reform of prerogative powers relating to treaties and
reform of the civil service. Legal Trainee & Pupillage Opportunities ‘Important, high profile and above all,
interesting’ is how a current fourth seat trainee describes his
training with MoJ.
Vacancies for posts in this Department are advertised through the central GLS scheme. All vacancies are posted on the Civil Service Recruitment Gateway (this link will open in a new window). Location 102 Petty France, London, SW1H 9AJ Further Information For more information on the Department, go to
our website: http://www.justice.gov.uk |
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