The story of
Jayaben Desai and the Grunwick dispute
In August 1976, a group of migrant workers led by Jayaben Desai took a historic stand against racism, low pay and limited workers’ rights.
Series
Lord Chancellor's Department: HMCS Agency Management Services (AMS Series)
Catalogue reference: LCO 74
What's it about?
LCO 74
This series contains records created by HM Courts Service relating to management services including contracts, outsourcing of pensions, records management and information access (preparation for FOI and data protection responses).
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- LCO 74
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Title (The name of the record)
- Lord Chancellor's Department: HMCS Agency Management Services (AMS Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 2000-2004
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains records created by HM Courts Service relating to management services including contracts, outsourcing of pensions, records management and information access (preparation for FOI and data protection responses).
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
The files are arranged by date order (oldest first) and by original prefix/file number order (lowest first).
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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)
- AMS Prefix
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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)
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- Department for Constitutional Affairs, 2003-2007
- Lord Chancellor's Department, 1972-2003
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 4 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 2024 Ministry of Justice
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Pay and pensions
- Navy
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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
- Lord Chancellor's Office; Department for Constitutional Affairs; Ministry of Justice.
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C19185354/
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
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Within the department: LCO
Records of the Lord Chancellor's Office and of various legal commissions and committees
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