UK Parliamentary Archives

Obituries for Law Lords. Some were written by the Judicial Office, others are clips from Hansard and newspapers.

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...

File regarding Criminal Appeals (Fees and Expenses) Regulations, 1960 followed The Legal Aid and Advice Act,1949 .

File concerning Kay and others and another (FC) (Appellants) v London Borough of Lambeth and others (Respondents). The letter clarifies that it is for the House to decide between parties who should...

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.

Procedure file which includes discussions on how to apply this particular order during court sessions.

General working file on Legal Aid.

Discussions about the use of London Agents for those respondents/appellants who are outside London, when their case is in front of the House of Lords.

File concerning the Law Lords requirements for books and legal assistance with the House of Lords Library.

Precedent file regarding the pronuniciation of Multlepoinding.

Discussions on layout of Minute, how/whether to include items, moving to 'computerisation', inclusion of withdrawal of petitions/appeal entries, format and divergence of judicial and public business.

File on Anonymity, Minors - order under Children's and Young Persons Act 1933 to prohibit identification and Scottish equivalent, Interlocutory Orders covering: how cases involving minors should be...

Correspondence with Law Lords and Lord Chamberlain over repealing sections of 1881 and 1925 Acts related to matrimonial causes.

File contains one summary of the original case and how it was then brought to appeal by the Court of Appeal in Ireland because they were testing legality of the Secretary of State imposing regulati...

File contains correspondence and working papers on the supply of opinions to law libraries, law firms and members at a cost and embargos, editing opinions, opinions to counsel (before judgement), l...