UK Parliamentary Archives

Correspondence regarding practice direction for civil petition.

Advice given by Judicial Office for cases in Greece and Ireland.

Correspondence regarding setting up a joint working party on civil courts and topics for consideration.

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

Contains practice directions in the case of contempt of court.

Precedent file regarding consolidated/conjoined cases.

Correspondence about a potential member for the Consolidation bills committee.

Precedent cases regarding conditional leave to appeal

Procedure file regarding conditional fees.

Precedent file regarding Donald Campbell v Pollack: Preliminary Point which was lodged on costs alone.

Precedent file relating to an appeal case between Lonrho and the Al Fayed brothers. The issue of contempt was brought up and this file is a scoping document to understand the existing precedent.

Procedural file concerning costs and submissions of judgement.

Procedure file concerning costs.

Procedure file concerning costs and Petitions for Leave to Appeal.

Procedure file concerning costs and interest payments.

Procedure file concerning costs.

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 regarding turning judgments of House of Lords into orders.

Correspondence regarding transcripts of judgments and applications for leave to appeal to Court of Appeal.

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.

Precedent file to document internal discussions regarding an incident when between the judgement hearing and the sentencing, a member of the panel had passed. This sparked discussions around the eq...

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

File contains correspondence, memorandum and case studies relating to the length of time given to apply to the court of appeal during divorce cases.

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.

Procedures regarding waiver of fees, discussion and procedures regarding change in judicial office fees.