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Treasury Solicitors Department: Restrictive Practices and Resale Prices Registered...

Catalogue reference: TS 83

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TS 83

The records comprise exchanges between the Office of the Registrar of Restrictive Trading Agreements and the Treasury Solicitor and, where the case went to court, between the Treasury Solicitor and counsel. The files also contain court papers;...

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Reference
TS 83
Title
Treasury Solicitors Department: Restrictive Practices and Resale Prices Registered Files (PRP and RPB series)
Description

The records comprise exchanges between the Office of the Registrar of Restrictive Trading Agreements and the Treasury Solicitor and, where the case went to court, between the Treasury Solicitor and counsel. The files also contain court papers; e.g. affidavits, transcripts etc. Issues covered include collusive tendering, supply of newspapers and milk, and the resistance by motor fuel retailers to trading stamps.

Related material

See also records created or inherited by the Office of Fair Trading in LD 1

For case files see J 154

Former department reference
PRP and RPB file series
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Creator(s)
Treasury Solicitors Department, Restrictive Practices Section, 1956-1970
Access conditions
Records not yet transferred
Immediate source of acquisition

Treasury Solicitor's Department

Accumulation dates
c1956 to c1970
Accruals
These records will accrue in one batch.
Selection and destruction information
The cases were selected for permanent preservation prior to the development of the PRO's acquisition policy (1998).
Administrative / biographical background

The Treasury Solicitor acted for the Registrar of Restrictive Trading Agreements and successors in cases considered for reference to the Restrictive Practices Court under the Restrictive Trade Practices Act, 1956 (c.68).

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15630/

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Treasury Solicitors Department: Restrictive Practices and Resale Prices Registered Files (PRP and RPB series)