Ministry of Justice (Essexia)

Justice Ministry
Seal of the Ministry of Justice
Incumbent Rt. Hon. Terri MP since 16 July 2021
Ministry of Justice
Appointer	Emperor James on the advice of the First Minister Rt. Hon. Jack MP

The Ministry of Justice is a government department in the Commonwealth of Essexia, and a key department in the Cabinet of Essexia. It is responsible for managing the bureaucracy of the Judiciary, convicts and detainees and ensuring the legislation passed by the Parliament of Essexia is legal and constitutional. It is headed by the Justice Minister, who is currently Rt. Hon. Terri MP.

The Justice Ministry was previously responsible for acting as the Judiciary, and members of the department would act as Judges or Lawyers when necessary. However, following the Judicial Establishment Act 2020, the Judiciary was made independent of the Cabinet and able to license lay personnel, such as lawyers and judges (Through the Bar).

List of Junior Departments

The Ministerial Reform Act 2019 established a set of departments/Junior Ministries under the MoJ to help it cope with an increasing work load. These were:

• Department of the Courts
• Department of Prisons and Probation
• Department of Civil Justice

However, after the passing of the Judicial Establishment Act 2020, a number of these departments became defunct or had significantly less power.

Departments of the Ministry of Justice following the MRA.

Name of Role	Name of Minister	In Office	Predecessor	Successor	Appointed By
Department of the Courts	Junior Minister Holly	29/07/2019 - 06/02/2020	Position Created	None	Lord Jacob
Department of Prisons and Probation	Junior Minister Chris	29/07/2019 - 06/02/2020	Position Created	None	Lord Jacob
Department of Civil Justice	Earl Jamie	20/06/2020 - 09/07/2020	Junior Minister Harley	None	Crown Minister Harley

Notable Laws established

Legislation by the Ministry of Justice

Bill	Date of Assent	Status
Judicial Establishment Act	23rd January 2020	Active
Legal Essexian Database Act	27th April 2020	Active
Law Commission Act	28th April 2020	Active
Delegated Legislation Act	17th June 2020	Active
Digital Crime Act	4th July 2020	Active
Judicial Establishment Amendment Act	5th July 2020
Judicial Re-Establishment Act	13th September 2020
Total: 7 Documents

List of Justice Ministers

Affiliation:       National Conservative Party,       Old Guard Party,       Progressive Workers Party,       Royalist Party,       Royalty,       None.

Portrait		Term in Office	Justice Minister	Party	Government	Notes
		1 January 2019 to 21 July 2019 201 days	Crown Minister Summers	National Conservative Party	Essexian Political Commonwealth I Essexian Political Commonwealth II Jamie Ministry	Position created 1 January 2019 Longest Justice Minister tenure
		29 July 2019 to 4 January 2020 159 days	Lord Shepherd	Old Guard Party	Jacob Ministry
		4 January 2020 to 6 January 2020 2 days	Earl Jack	Old Guard Party	Jacob Ministry Rhino Ministry	Justice Administration during Martial Law Shortest tenure as Justice Minister
		6 January 2020 to 22 January 2020 16 days	Emperor Terry	None	Rhino Ministry	First time the Monarch has held a government cabinet position
		22 January 2020 to 14 February 2020 23 days	Lord Jacob	Old Guard Party	Rhino Ministry
		14 February 2020 to 17 February 2020 3 days	Princess Becky	Old Guard Party	Transferal Government
		17 February 2020 to 3 June 2020 107 days	Lord Jacob	None	Interim Giraffe Government Rhino Ministry II Giraffe Ministry Rhino Ministry III	Awarded the Jack Cross by First Minister Jamie on 21/05/2020
		3 June 2020 to 9 July 2020 36 days	Crown Minister Harley	Progressive Worker's Party	Rhino Ministry III	Awarded the Jack Cross by First Minister Jamie on 21/05/2020 Created the Delegated Legislation Act Created the Digital Crime Act
		9 July 2020 to 12 September 2020 65 days	Earl Jamie	Royalist Party	Rhino Ministry III Weeaboo Ministry
		12 September 2020 to 20 February 2021 161 days	Crown Minister Harley	Progressive Worker's Party	Weeaboo Ministry Giraffe Ministry II
		20 February 2021 to 2 March 2021 10 days	Crown Minister Ben	Weeaboo Rights Party	Giraffe Ministry II von Uberquie Ministry
		2 March 2021 to 16 July 2021 146 days	Rt. Hon. Harley MP	Independent	von Uberquie Ministry Giraffe Ministry III
		16 July 2021 to Present	Rt. Hon. Terri MP	Royalist Party	Giraffe Ministry IV