UK Parliamentary Archives

File collated by the office to record precedent regarding taxation of respondents' bills without an order of the House.

File collated by the office to record precedent. Includes file on attendance of Judicial Counsel and a legally aided Petition for Leave.

File collated by the office to document precedent in regards to revision of scales and previous percentage increases.

File collated by the office to record precedent in regards to pensions of scale.

File collated by the office to record changes in policy and procedures for pensions of scale due to the introduction of decimalisation.

File collated by the office to record internal discussions about the decision to increase pensions of scale by 35%.

File collated by the office to record precedent in regards to Legal Aid in Scotland.

Office file regarding the introduction of broadcasting of Lords' proceedings. Includes discussions about moves to increase access to Parliamentary Business and engagement with the public.

Amicus Curiae is an Advocate to the Court. The Advocate represents no one. Their function is to give the court such assistance as he or she is able on the relevant law and its application to the ac...

Correspondence regarding the appointing and use of two specialist advisors for the Appellate Committee in complex cases. Also contains draft standing order regarding the use of Advisors.

Precedent file relating to the submission of documentation by counsels to the Judicial Office and the procedure of publishing documentation before a judgement has been reached.

Precedent file relating to the practice of hearing petitioners in person. Includes correspondence with external bodies such as Senate and Law Society and a published report by Justice: British Sect...

Precedent file regarding practice and procedure of an appeal committee.

Correspondence regarding the House of Lords practice of not publishing transcripts of Appellate Committee proceedings. This issue was raised in the House of Commons by Robin Maxwell-Hyslop MP who a...

Mixed file regarding lack of hearing in relation to the Human Rights Act 1998, form of petition seeking leave to appeal without a condition imposed by court of appeal as to costs, leap frog cases a...

Mixed file regarding precedent in allowing Petitions for Leave to be reconsidered/submitted again. This file was collated by the Judicial Office to record instances of when Petitions for Leave were...

File regarding the history of the committee, anniversaries, reform, appointment etc.

Precedent file of the Judicial Office managing bankruptcy.

Correspondence regarding the authority of Law Lords.

Precedent file concerning Appeallate Committee reports - includes a joint opinion paper.

Correspondence relating to the practice directions for neutral citations, cause titles and inadmissable petitions. Includes external correspondence to the Royal Courts of Justice, Butterworth Telep...

Procedure file covering reducing the number of cases, bound files, preparation of documents and form of cases lodged.

Procedure file concerning how long petitions take and changes to procedure.

Memorandum and notes of cases, appeals and extracts from legislation on competency of Scottish appeals.

Procedural file regarding Sardar Tejendrasingh and Contempt of Government Act 1981. File collated to document internal policy regarding allowing leave to appeal.