UK Parliamentary Archives

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.

Procedure file regarding conditional fees.

Procedure file concerning costs and Petitions for Leave to Appeal.

Procedure file concerning costs and interest payments.

Procedure file concerning costs.

Correspondence and case law regarding refusal of petition for leave to present a cross appeal, appeals out of time, security in cross appeals.

Correspondence and previous case law regarding criminal petitions for leave, involvement of prisoners, procedure for setting down appeals. Includes decisions by the principal clerk regarding proced...

Correspondence and decisions reached regarding policy of having one Counsel, increase of fees for Counsel, two Counsel rule inquiry and abolition, attendance of Counsel, swearing in of QCs, fixed h...

File concerning processes and procedures put in place for when the House of Lords was to refer a case to the European Court of Justice.

File contains details about the procedures and protocol for dress in and around the House of Lords for the judges and their staff.

Mixed file regarding Judicial Committees' new jurisdiction in relation to devolution issues arising under the Scotland Bill, The Governments of Wales Act and the Northern Ireland Bill.

File containing correspondence, newspaper clippings and Hansard entries regarding the amendment to the Bill of Rights under the Defamation Bill 1996. The amendment would allow members to waive parl...

Instructions on how the Law Lords should dress and the adjournment of the Judicial Committee in the wake of the death of a monarch or member of the Royal Family.

Precedent cases regarding the expedition of appeals and procedural notes.

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

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).

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.

Mixed file relating to the dismissal of judges from the Supreme Court, including information given by the Clerk of the Parliaments to the Indian Supreme Court in relation to dismissal of one of the...

Mixed file relating to interveners/interested parties in judicial review claims, including policies regarding their right to be heard, in what circumstance their name appears in the cause title and...

File contains printed material regarding Judicial Review and notes of a decision that led to amendments to Practice Direction.

Working papers on the physical arrangement of hearing cases in the Lords chamber.

Precedent file concerning the timing of judicial sittings (judgements), the procedure for delivering judgements, manner of giving judgements, the ceremonial procedure for giving judgements, televis...

File contains correspondence and working papers about the procedure for when a Law Lord dies before judgment is given.