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Judicial Committee of the Privy Council: Orders in Council

Catalogue reference: PCAP 10

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PCAP 10

This series contains summaries details of Orders in Council from the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC). An order can be an interim or final decision of the court normally set out in a formal court document. Each volume is...

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Reference

PCAP 10

Title
Judicial Committee of the Privy Council: Orders in Council
Date

1888-2005

Description

This series contains summaries details of Orders in Council from the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC).

An order can be an interim or final decision of the court normally set out in a formal court document. Each volume is chronologically arranged covering a number of years. Each volume has a contents section at the beginning detailing: date of Council; page number in the respective volume for the start of each sitting; an alphabetical index by appellant's surname (naming respondents) and page numbers where they are to be located in the volume. The volumes then continue on each page opening detailing: whence (which dominion / colony the appeal originated from); parties (names of appellants and respondents); name of the court appealed from; date of decree of the JCPC; date of the arrival of the transcripts; names of solicitors for the appellant and the respondent parties; notes and observations.

Legal status

Not Public Record(s)

Language

English

Restrictions on use

To be determined.

Access conditions

Records not yet transferred

Immediate source of acquisition

Ministry of Justice

Custodial history

These records are believed to have been held in the basement of 12 Downing Street from 1888 to 2008 when they were moved to the Ministry of Justice storage facility in Branston, Derbyshire.

Accumulation dates

1888 to present

Accruals

Still accruing.

Selection and destruction information

All orders have been preserved.

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C18768/

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Judicial Committee of the Privy Council: Orders in Council