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Series

The Legal Aid Board: Annual Reports

Catalogue reference: FR 13

What's it about?

FR 13

The records comprise the annual reports of the Legal Aid Board.

Full description and record details

Reference

FR 13

Title
The Legal Aid Board: Annual Reports
Date

1988-2000

Description

The records comprise the annual reports of the Legal Aid Board.

Arrangement

The reports are arranged in chronological order.

Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

Access conditions

Records not yet transferred

Immediate source of acquisition

Legal Services Commission

Custodial history

The Lord Chancellor's Department Shadow Legal Aid Board created and stored the records from January 1988 to April 1989 whereupon they passed to the Legal Aid Board. In April 2000 the records passed to the Legal Services Commission.

Accumulation dates

April 1988 to March 2000

Accruals

Series is not accruing.

Selection and destruction information

Selection of these records was made according to TNA Appraisal Policy s.2.1.4 - administration of justice.

Administrative / biographical background

A Shadow Legal Aid Board was set up in January1988 to take over the function of legal aid from the Law Society and to prepare for a new body responsible for this function. The official Legal Aid Board was its successor and was created on 1 April 1989. The Board received its powers from the Legal Aid Act 1988. The Shadow Boar was terminated upon the creation of the Legal Services Commission on 1 April 2000 that has continued the function of legal aid to this day.

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16273/

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