UK Parliamentary Archives

These documents relate to Spencer Perceval's role as Attorney-General.

This fonds contains 7 sub sub series. They are divided into General Legal Notebooks, the Bathurst Notebooks, Judge's Notebooks, Lord Chancellor's Notebooks, Chancery Notebooks, General Manuscripts ...

Letter from Sir Samuel Romilly concerning parliamentary law. Addressed to 'My dear Sir', the letter continues 'The question which you put to me however is one upon which if I were consulted profes...

Contains; Judgement Procedure - Proposed Changes; Non Judicial Work (work with Committees); Historical notes on the Appellate Committee and Historical Notes on Acts.

This file contains master copies of Chairman?s draft reports circulated to the Committee.

Records of William Jowitt, lawyer, politician and author, including correspondence with colleagues and acquaintances, transcripts of speeches on legal or political issues, newspaper cuttings relati...

A collection of his opinions, transcribed and selected from the numerous volumes of manuscripts which Gibbs left behind him.

The Administrative Records series contains a range of records used by the committee to administer, document and carry out its functions. The series may include such records as agendas, formal/infor...

File contains bill to make provision for enabling courts to sit in private and for restricting publicity, correspondence seeking views on whether courts should hear appeals in private, draft clause...

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'.

File includes working papers on Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986 and Regulations and Act of Sederunt (Civil Legal Aid Rules) 1987; S.19 Orders; Correspondence on the procedure under Legal Aid (Scotlan...

Precedent file discussing particular cases before the House of Lords which were affected by the Legal Aid Act 1988. Covers S.18 orders, Legal Aid Board Objections and Civil Legal Aid Regulations.

File contains correspondence between the solicitors of the Board of Trade and the Judicial Department with regards to McDowell vs Standard Oil Company (New Jersey) and Another.

File contains correspondence to the Clerk of Parliaments from a solicitor who appeared before the Law Lords and was then not allowed to lunch in the Counsel's Dining Room. This prompted the discuss...

Memorandum on the law of salvage as applicable to claims by government ships in foreign countries.

Precedent file regarding; respondent heard in person, additional respondents and respondent to amend a case stated. This means the respondent was not represented by counsel. Also contains informati...

Note by the Principal Clerk on Judicial Office practice in accepting separate cases where two Petitions of Appeal are presented against a single Order of the Court below.

Papers regarding the variation of sentence in the R v Maginnis case.

Notes regarding the change of role for the Judicial Office following the devolution of budget-holding responsibility to Heads of Offices and the decision to relocate the Accountant's Office. The Ju...

Correspondence regarding the jurisdiction of the Court where a devolution issue arises in an intermediate court in Scotland. Draft of changes in procedure and appendix as a result.

Precedent file containing 'Note for the Record on "Contempt Proceedings" for the Spycatcher Appeal', a statement by J.A.Vallance White on his actions during the Appellate Committee's handling of th...

Precedent file containing correspondence from the Judicial Office to legal firms regarding the application of 'Rights of Audience' when addressing the Appellate Committee as lawyers and barristers.

Memorandum regarding impact of standing order on Appellate/Appeals committee and notes regarding how the Appeal committee should be minuted/journalled.

Correspondence regarding the decision to approve a new Standing Order establishing Appellate and Appeals committees and the minute entry at the beginning of each new session to "activate" the stand...

Information and correspondence regarding precedence in judicial sittings i.e. A change in the rule whereby the chair is taken by the senior Lord of Appeal, seniority being determined by date of app...

Mixed file concerning standing orders and judicial procedure. Includes examples of standing orders governing judicial procedure and internal discussions regarding whether amendments to Judicial Sta...

Correspondence and agreement regarding the Law Commission's Proposal to repeal section 2 of the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1887.

Statistics of number of appeals from 1895 - 1930 including lists of cases from Scottish law that were brought for Appeal and some returns from Ireland that stop in 1920.

Stare Decisis means to stand by things decided (doctrine of precedent). Announcement by Chancellor re: Stare Decisis, precedent cases, press cuttings, correspondence, notes for criminal appeals and...

File contains correspondence regarding right of MPs to be exempt from subpoenas.

Extracts and correspondence regarding the use of tape recorders in court.

Mixed file relating to cases involving workmen's compensations.

File contains working papers on the introduction of VAT in the 1972 and its affect on court costs.

File contains working papers and correspondence regarding the procedure for unreported judgements.

Memo by Lord Morton of Henryton detailing the precedent for the representation of trustees in House of Lords Appeal cases.

Working papers and correspondence regarding the procedure for extensions for lodging appeals

Mixed file concerning the role of the Senior Law Lord. Includes discussions about the role of various posts in the organisation, about the role of the Lord Chancellor as well as the Law Lords.