UK Parliamentary Archives

Precedent cases regarding extradition. Correspondence with Home Office regarding fees including a list of countries with 'no cost of proceedings', 'all costs' and 'with no provision' in relevant tr...

Precedent cases regarding the expedition of appeals and procedural notes.

Precedent case and notes on present practice for ex-parte cases.

Discussion regarding the cessation of printed judgements once they became available on the internet, correspondence with other countries regarding their process.

Precedent cases regarding evidence e.g. appeal to revisit a dead case so that evidence can be withdrawn, petition to adduce fresh evidence, further evidence taken by court.

The Committee on the Supreme Court Procedure and practice became known as the Evershed Committee after its chairman Raymond Evershed. These papers discuss the appellate procedure.

File concerning Human Rights rules, correspondence with Commission on Human rights regarding procedure and the Demicoli case (brought into doubt the right of the House to punish people for contempt).

Notes and reports on re-hearings of appeals.

Procedural files regarding arranging translation services.

Precedence files; correspondence, notes, reports and context behind decisions and justifications with regards to fees.

File regarding the publication of the House of Lords judgements and other legal documents online. It also includes a published report from the New Zealand Department of Courts on the use of interne...

File regarding the Human Rights Bill: Clause 9 - Crown Liability for Acts of Court. This Bill was introduced in response to the European Convention on Human Rights.

Procedure files for processing inadmissible applications for permission to appeal.

Correspondence regarding cases brought to the House of Lords under the Human Rights Act of 1998. Included is correspondence with external bodies such as the treasury and the home office.

Precedent file regarding the use of Hansard entries in court.