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Lord Chancellor's Office: Liabilities War Time Adjustment Acts 1941 and 1944: Records...
Catalogue reference: LCO 26
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LCO 26
This series contains files and indexes relating to applications from persons living in or owning property in declared evacuation areas covered by the Liabilities War Time Adjustment Acts 1941 and 1944.Records have only survived for the following...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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LCO 26
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Title (The name of the record)
- Lord Chancellor's Office: Liabilities War Time Adjustment Acts 1941 and 1944: Records of Adjustment Offices
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Date (When the record was created)
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1940-1950
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains files and indexes relating to applications from persons living in or owning property in declared evacuation areas covered by the Liabilities War Time Adjustment Acts 1941 and 1944.
Records have only survived for the following offices: Birmingham, Brighton, Bognor, Eastbourne, Folkestone and Hythe, Hastings, London, Portsmouth, Scarborough and Southampton.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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The Department of Trade and Industry Deed of Arrangement Registry keeps a register of debtors who made schemes of arrangement, or on whom protection orders and adjustment orders were made by county courts under the Acts.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Lord Chancellor's Office, 1885-1972
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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714 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open unless otherwise stated
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The Liabilities War Time Adjustment Acts 1941 and 1944 provided for the arrangement, adjustment or settlement of the financial affairs of debtors or creditors whose circumstances were affected by the war. Liabilities Adjustment Officers were appointed to areas by the Lord Chancellor and their jurisdiction was based on County Court Districts. Persons who were in serious financial difficulties could apply to the Adjustment Officer in the appropriate district for advice and assistance to arrive at an equitable and reasonable scheme of arrangement.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10264/
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This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
Within the department: LCO
Records of the Lord Chancellor's Office and of various legal commissions and committees
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Lord Chancellor's Office: Liabilities War Time Adjustment Acts 1941 and 1944: Records of Adjustment Offices