UK Parliamentary Archives

Records of William Jowitt, lawyer, politician and author, including correspondence with colleagues and acquaintances, transcripts of speeches on legal or political issues, newspaper cuttings relati...

A collection of his opinions, transcribed and selected from the numerous volumes of manuscripts which Gibbs left behind him.

The Administrative Records series contains a range of records used by the committee to administer, document and carry out its functions. The series may include such records as agendas, formal/infor...

File contains bill to make provision for enabling courts to sit in private and for restricting publicity, correspondence seeking views on whether courts should hear appeals in private, draft clause...

File contains letters and replies from the House of Commons and House of Lords regarding Scottish Law Lords and Scottish Appeals. File also contains published orders of the day when questions regar...

This is a procedural file regarding Leave to Appeal. This was collated by the office as a precedent file and was used when referencing former procedures.

Procedure file regarding the practice and use of 'leap-frog'.

File includes working papers on Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986 and Regulations and Act of Sederunt (Civil Legal Aid Rules) 1987; S.19 Orders; Correspondence on the procedure under Legal Aid (Scotlan...

Precedent file discussing particular cases before the House of Lords which were affected by the Legal Aid Act 1988. Covers S.18 orders, Legal Aid Board Objections and Civil Legal Aid Regulations.

File contains correspondence between the solicitors of the Board of Trade and the Judicial Department with regards to McDowell vs Standard Oil Company (New Jersey) and Another.

File contains correspondence to the Clerk of Parliaments from a solicitor who appeared before the Law Lords and was then not allowed to lunch in the Counsel's Dining Room. This prompted the discuss...