UK Parliamentary Archives

File contains correspondence on advocates, acts which apply the leave to appeal procedure to decisions of the court of session, reports from the appeal committee which might have implications for o...

Contains correspondence and working papers on the procedure for when a respondent dies before a case has been concluded.

Correspondence and cases that influenced an amendment to Standing Order V which would give the House power to waive the requirement to lodge security money in cases where the Committee are satisfie...

File contains memorandum on Security Bond and Recognizance, notes on practice of Appeal Committee in dealing with Petitions that Recognizance of Appellants should not be accepted, notes and lists o...

File contains memoranda on Judicial Sittings within various contexts e.g. in particular times such as Holy Week and Michaelmas or when different numbers (such as 4 or 7) Law Lords were sitting.

Correspondence and notes on external shorthand writing services for the Houses of Parliament, particularly with regards to the Appellate Committee. Includes list of duties.

Files regarding amendments to Judicial Standing Orders.

Correspondence regarding the application of Standing Order and notes on time for lodging petitions for leave to appeal.

Precedent file regarding practice on time limits, history of time limits for Standing Orders, early precedents for Standing Orders, notes for Law Lords on Standing Orders, notes in reducing time li...

File contains letter from Lord Chancellor discussing sub-judice rule in House of Lords, question tabled in House of Lords on matter which may be sub-judice, correspondence on point at which sub-jud...

File contains notes and correspondence on stay of execution in House of Lords, stay of proceedings in relation to orders of service, specimen petition, copies of cases confirming practice of proced...

File includes copy of a report and correspondence regarding taxation for cases and copy of practice directions.

Includes discussions about the effect of General Elections on swearing in and cases during dissolution.

Mixed file regarding the process for withdrawing an appeal. Includes some policy making and precedent cases.

Mixed file containing correspondence, working papers and application forms regarding waiving court fees. Includes policy making.

Vexatious litigation is legal action which is brought, regardless of its merits, solely to harass or subdue an adversary. It may take the form of a primary frivolous lawsuit or may be the repetitiv...

Working papers and correspondence about the timings of House of Lords hearings and procedures introduced to regulate timings.

Scoping file created by Her Majesty's Civil Service for the relocation of the House of Lords' Judicial functions. File includes job description for judicial clerk, a couple of agendas and correspon...

This file was created in preparation for moving the Judicial Office to the Supreme Court, included are several internal reports concerning the transfer of the petitions system, the petitions of app...

Notes on the Judicial Office's staff structure.

Includes records about staff, accounts of workload and productivity.

Contains internal discussions about the filming of Judicial Office proceedings.

Correspondence regarding setting up information systems, including a strategy study for House of Lords, setting up an IT steering group and minutes, correspondence regarding Legal Information Netwo...

Correspondence regarding; request for word processers in Judicial Office, whether the House of Lords will apply the provisions of the Data Protection Act, setting precedents for Data Protection, de...

Procedure file covering the copyright of using House of Lords Judgements online.

File documents the agreements and procedures for the Judicial Office sitting whilst Parliament is in dissolution.

File contains a range of statistics relating to the Judicial Office from 1998 - 2005.

File regarding the Law Lords' increasing work load and discussions about increasing the number of Law Lords in the House of Lords.

File collated by the office regarding procedure for hiring judicial assistants.

File contains memorandum on how appeal documents are to be lodged in House of Lords and correspondence with Federation of Master Printers regarding costs of printing House of Lords appeals. This co...

File contains reference policy guidelines booklet for records management; reports and documentation on management of the Judicial Office records e.g. binding and disposal.

Precedent file containing the House of Lords Training and Development Strategy 2004-5 and an Audit Review of Staff Recruitment and Employment of Temporary and Agency Staff.

File contains press notice and statement to the House about proposed changes to the office of Lord Chancellor; printed material in response to question of how Judges of proposed Supreme Court could...

Regina v Evans and another and the Comissioner of Police for the Metropolis and others (Appellants) ex part Pinochet (Respondent) (On Appeal from a Divisional Court of the Queen's Bench Division) R...

Regina v Evans and another and the Comissioner of Police for the Metropolis and others (Appellants) ex part Pinochet (Respondent) (On Appeal from a Divisional Court of the Queen's Bench Division) R...

Regina v Evans and another and the Comissioner of Police for the Metropolis and others (Appellants) ex part Pinochet (Respondent) (On Appeal from a Divisional Court of the Queen's Bench Division) R...

These records were collated by the Judicial Office to document precedent and changes in internal procedure. After discussions with former staff it was decided to create a stand alone series for int...

HL/PO/CO/EC/E contains records of Sub-Committee E on Law. The records of each Parliamentary Session may be found in a separate series. Where the records of a sub-committee carry on across session...

File contains notes and correspondence regarding the Lords of Appeal sitting during a prorogation, correspondence with Lord Chancellor's Department regarding sittings during prorogation, notes rega...

Precedent file concerning the practice of Appeal Committees not meeting during prorogation and dissolution.

The introduction to this volume quotes an extract from a letter from Professor L Radzinowicz, Director of the University of Cambridge Department of Criminal Science, 1953 explaining the importance...

File contains correspondence (letters, emails and memoranda) discussing and making decisions around travel expenses and allocations to Law Lords and Members. Material also discusses travel expenses...

Mixed file regarding the Supreme Court Implementation programme. This programme was led by the Department for Constitutional Affairs but the Judicial Office, Committee Office and Clerk of the Parli...

File contains; Petitions to Vacate; Allegation that Judgement Obtained by Fraud, Petition to Leave, Vacation of a Judgement (allegation of Judicial Bias). Notes attached indicate file was used in c...