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Treasury Solicitor: Department of Transport Division and predecessors: Law Officers'...

Catalogue reference: TS 75

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TS 75

Files containing documents used for reference purposes by the Treasury Solicitor's Ministry of Transport Branch and predecessors. The records consist of law officers' and counsels' opinions, transcripts of judgments in the High Court and Court of...

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Reference
TS 75
Title
Treasury Solicitor: Department of Transport Division and predecessors: Law Officers' and Counsels' Opinions, Judgments and Law Reports
Date
1841-1978
Description

Files containing documents used for reference purposes by the Treasury Solicitor's Ministry of Transport Branch and predecessors. The records consist of law officers' and counsels' opinions, transcripts of judgments in the High Court and Court of Appeal, and law reports. The origins of the collection are unknown, but it was probably added to by the legal officers themselves over a period of time. Only a small number of pieces have original file references.

The subject-matter includes travel by road, rail, air and water; foreign shipping in territorial waters; compensation for sunk shipping; compulsory acquisition of land for roads and railways; and the building of hospitals and orphanages.

Arrangement
Arrangement

The records have been arranged by subject (19th Century Railways, Shipping, Roads, Railways, Aircraft, Waterways), and chronologically under the subject headings.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Creator(s)
  • HM Procurator General and Treasury Solicitor, Ministry of Aviation Branch, 1961-1966
  • HM Procurator General and Treasury Solicitor, Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation Branch, 1954-1959
  • HM Procurator General and Treasury Solicitor, Ministry of Transport Branch, 1925-1930
  • HM Procurator General and Treasury Solicitor, Ministry of Transport Branch, 1947-1953
  • HM Procurator General and Treasury Solicitor, Ministry of Transport Branch, 1960-1970
  • HM Procurator General and Treasury Solicitor, Ministry of Transport Division, 1931-1941
  • HM Procurator General and Treasury Solicitor, Ministry of War Transport Branch, 1943-1946
  • Ministry of Transport, Secretarial Department, 1920-1937
Physical description
234 file(s)
Access conditions
Subject to 30 year closure
Administrative / biographical background

Between 1923 and 1934 the Ministry of Transport transferred its legal work from its own Secretarial and Legal Department to the Treasury Solicitor, which set up a branch or outstation at the Ministry.

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14143/

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