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Lord Chancellor's Office and Lord Chancellor's Department: Supreme Court Rule Committee,...

Catalogue reference: LCO 48

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LCO 48

This series contains agenda, documents circulated and minutes of meetings (from 1920) of the Supreme Court Rule Committee. Files in this series may fill some of the gaps in the records of the Rule Committee in LCO 2

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Reference
LCO 48
Title
Lord Chancellor's Office and Lord Chancellor's Department: Supreme Court Rule Committee, Agendas and Minutes of Meetings
Date
1920-1980
Description

This series contains agenda, documents circulated and minutes of meetings (from 1920) of the Supreme Court Rule Committee. Files in this series may fill some of the gaps in the records of the Rule Committee in LCO 2

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Creator(s)
Supreme Court Rule Committee, 1881-1881
Physical description
22 file(s)
Access conditions
Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
Administrative / biographical background

The Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1881 s19 vested the power to regulate procedure in the Supreme Court of Judicature through rules having the force of law. The powers lay with the Lord Chancellor and a Rule Committee consisting of the Lord Chief Justice, the Master of the Rolls, the President of the Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division and four judges selected by the Lord Chancellor. By 1909 there was also professional representation. The Rule Committee considered the rules, redrafted them, discussed them with masters and registrars, considered proposals and amendments and revoked those which were obsolete. The committee is serviced by the Lord Chancellors's Office.

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10286/

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