UK Parliamentary Archives

The Blue Book is guidance published of the Form of Appeal and Directions as to Procedure applicable to Civil Appeals. Each new addition replaces the previous. This file documents amendments made wh...

File includes note confirming practice of prisoners attending appeals in criminal court and how House of Lords should adopt this procedure, correspondence regarding whether an appellant should atte...

File includes Court of Appeal judgment on confidentiality of legal correspondence with prisoners and how Judicial Office writes to a prisoner following judgment.

Single memoranda from Black Rod regarding discussions about admission of strangers to hear House of Lords judgments and whether press reporters should be admitted.

File contains list of recalls of Parliament since World War II, memorandum and report of the House regarding emergency recalls, Notices of recalls, copy of Hansard confirming recall on 1 February 1...

File contains blank forms which were used in House of Lords cases.

File contains note of dissenting opinions of Law Lords of assimilating Judicial Committee of the Privy Council into other tribunals, printed material regarding procedure of Judicial Committee, note...

File contains note from Judicial Clerk on a change of policy implemented in curbing universal remittance, correspondence and memoranda detailing cases of remit 1930-43, remit to special commissione...

File contains a chronology of recusals and questions of declaration of interests throughout the 1990's and early 2000s in the form of correspondence, reports, notes, and memoranda. There is also a ...

File contains correspondence regarding petitions presented during Recess between JA Vallance White and other party.

File contains correspondence and reports on arrangements of Judicial sittings during Recess.

File contains correspondence on advocates, acts which apply the leave to appeal procedure to decisions of the court of session, reports from the appeal committee which might have implications for o...

Contains correspondence and working papers on the procedure for when a respondent dies before a case has been concluded.

Correspondence and cases that influenced an amendment to Standing Order V which would give the House power to waive the requirement to lodge security money in cases where the Committee are satisfie...

File contains memorandum on Security Bond and Recognizance, notes on practice of Appeal Committee in dealing with Petitions that Recognizance of Appellants should not be accepted, notes and lists o...