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Precedent cases regarding evidence e.g. appeal to revisit a dead case so that evidence can be withdrawn, petition to adduce fresh evidence, further evidence taken by court.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

File contains low level correspondence in relation to the Northern Ireland Bill 1977, with a view to how this may impact on processes and procedure for the Judicial Office.

File relating to the draft bill of consolidation 1951.

Correspondence file between Oxford University Press and the Principal Clerk regarding the use the word 'dismiss' in relation to failed appeals in the House of Lords.

Mixed file relating to amendment of judgements. It includes information on precedent cases in the UK and how procedure for this should be observed.

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...

Correspondence file regarding the extent to which certain UK acts apply to the Isle of Man.

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.

File contains memoranda and notes on procedure for appeals leading to change in practice.

File contains large amounts of printed material, correspondence regarding Bill, appeal by Judge which was dismissed and photocopied correspondence regarding definition of Bill.

Memorandum on Appeals to the house on practice and appeals to the house on questions of fact.

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 includes correspondence on the logistical arrangements of introducing a new law lord.

A single sheet detailing how the Rt. Hon. Andrew Graham Murrary was created a Baron in 1905 before he was appointed as Lord of Appeal in Ordinary in 1913.

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

File contains correspondence regarding the salary for a retired Commonwealth Judge sitting in the Appellate House of Lords, salary for an additional Law Lord, salary scales and expenses.

File contains printed and photocopied material including printouts of articles, lectures and seminars regarding the salaries and duties of the Parliament Office, the role of the Judicial Office, th...

File contains correspondence regarding retired Law Lords' pensions, retirement age, sittings and fees.

File contains photocopied and printed material and correspondence regarding Law Lords' participation in public business, the rights and duties of the Law Lords as legislators, Law Lords and politic...

File contains correspondence and printed material regarding precedence at judicial sittings in the House of Lords.

File contains minutes, statements, memoranda and correspondence around the Law Lords termly meeting in December 1996. This is largely printed or photocopied material, and also includes an applicati...

File contains material on how Law Lords should operate before, during, and after sitting on the Woolsack. Includes photocopy of hand-drawn diagram showing the seating arrangements, and printed corr...

File contains correspondence and arrangements within the Judicial Office for the employment of secretarial assistance. Includes blank timesheets, comments by the Clerk of Parliaments, and a forecas...

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'.

Correspondence with Lay Peers regarding their right to take part in Judicial proceedings.

Correspondence regarding practice of reporting House of Lords Judicial cases with external publishers including; The Royal Courts of Justice and The All England Law Reports. Includes correspondence...

File contains correspondence and copies of reports regarding proposes for law reform.