Counsel
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- Held At: Parliamentary Archives: GB-061
- Catalogue Reference: HL/PO/JU/41/89
- Accession Number: 6595
- Date: 1944-July 2001
- Level: File
- Extent: 1 file
- Creator Name: House of Lords; Judicial Office; 1854-2009
- Acquisition: Transferred to the Parliamentary Archives in 2009 when the Judicial Office ceased to exist and all judicial activities moved to the UK Supreme Court.
- Description: Correspondence and decisions reached regarding policy of having one Counsel, increase of fees for Counsel, two Counsel rule inquiry and abolition, attendance of Counsel, swearing in of QCs, fixed hearing dates, procedural instructions for Counsel attending judgments at House of Lords and use of QC in petitions for leave to appeal in legal aid cases.
- Terms:
- Access Status: Closed
- Access Conditions: Most files are closed for 30 years at point of transfer. Any requests to see these files will be considered in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
- Closed Until: 01/01/2032
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