Series
Lord Chancellor's Department: Shadow Legal Aid Board: Registered Files (SB series)
Catalogue reference: FR 8
What's it about?
FR 8
These files document the process of setting up the Legal Aid Board, including the appointment of the chairman and members, liaison with the Lord Chancellor's Department and the Law Society and the establishment of administrative procedures.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- FR 8
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Title (The name of the record)
- Lord Chancellor's Department: Shadow Legal Aid Board: Registered Files (SB series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1987-1989
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Description (What the record is about)
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These files document the process of setting up the Legal Aid Board, including the appointment of the chairman and members, liaison with the Lord Chancellor's Department and the Law Society and the establishment of administrative procedures.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Files are arranged in order of former reference
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- SB
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Lord Chancellor's Department, 1972-2003
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 44 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 2005 Legal Services Commission
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing
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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 Legal Aid Board was established under the Legal Aid Act 1988. Administrative preparations were carried out by the Shadow Board based in the Lord Chancellor's Department. Files of the Shadow Board were taken over by the Legal Aid Board when it started work in April 1989.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16170/
Catalogue hierarchy
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Lord Chancellor's Department: Shadow Legal Aid Board: Registered Files (SB series)