Records of the Treasury Solicitor and HM Procurator General relating to legal work...

Division within TS

1746-1996

Records relating to legal work undertaken for specific government departments.

Registered files and registers, reports, books and papers relating to work for specific departments:

• Admiralty and Navy Department, TS 10, TS 32, TS 38, TS 45 and TS 57;
• Air Ministry, TS 28, TS 39 and TS 55;
• Board of Trade, TS 34;
• Charities and Trusts, TS 79;
• Crown Estate, TS 64;
• Department for National Savings, TS 80;
• Home Office, TS 42;
• Ministry of Aircraft Production, TS 72;
• Ministry of Aviation, TS 65;
• Ministry of Civil Aviation and successors, TS 52;
• Ministry of Defence, TS 54, TS 66, TS 67, TS 68 and TS 73;
• Department of Energy,TS 49;
• Ministry of Materials, TS 63;
• Ministry of Munitions, TS 44;
• Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, TS 71;
• Ministry of Supply, TS 53 and TS 62;
• Ministry of Technology, TS 81;
• Ministry of Transport and predecessors, TS 75; TS 82
• Office of Works and successors, TS 41, TS 51 and TS 59;
• Royal Mint, TS 1;
• Savings Bank, TS 70;
• Treasury, TS 2, TS 35, TS 40 and TS 58, TS 91;
• United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, TS 56;
• War Office, TS 43, TS 46 and TS 50;
• Welsh Transport, TS 69.

Records generated by the Solicitor to the Admiralty prior to the transfer of the Admiralty's legal business to the Treasury Solicitor are in TS 4 and TS 6.

Registered files of the departmental branches and outstations are in TS 49, TS 61, and TS 77. Registered files of the Litigation Division are in TS 84,

Files on work undertaken for the National Coal Board concerning the legal aspects of the transfer of assets under coal nationalisation are in TS 74.

Public Record(s)

English

Topics

Government finances

Litigation

Army

Trade and commerce

Transport management

Air Force

Air transport

Nuclear energy

Weapons

Coal

Crown lands and estates

Navy

Banking

Communications

Armed Forces (General Administration)

Mining and quarrying

It was not until around 1964/65 that formal divisional titles were introduced when separate Advisory and Litigation Divisions were established. It appears these divisions shared files series which were organised according to the department or organisation seeking advice or support in litigation.