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Supreme Court of Judicature: High Court of Justice, Chancery Division: Master Watkin-Williams'...

Catalogue reference: J 34

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J 34

Drafts from the chambers of Chancery Master Watkin-Williams. The series does include material generated by his predecessors and inherited by him. The predecessors of Master Robert Thesiger Watkin-Williams (1910-1932) in his role as a Master/Chief...

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Reference

J 34

Title
Supreme Court of Judicature: High Court of Justice, Chancery Division: Master Watkin-Williams' Drafts
Date

1883-1890

Description

Drafts from the chambers of Chancery Master Watkin-Williams. The series does include material generated by his predecessors and inherited by him. The predecessors of Master Robert Thesiger Watkin-Williams (1910-1932) in his role as a Master/Chief Clerk were Master Charles Burney (1877-1909), Master Edmund Boyle Church (1864-1876) and, for causes with initial letters A-F, Master George Whiting (1852-1863).

Arrangement
Arrangement

The drafts are arranged under the initial letter of the action concerned, each set of chambers being allocated cases falling within a particular division; eg G-N. In a few cases, drafts relate to actions falling outside the chambers main concern, possibly because they were handled exceptionally or were dealt with specially during the vacation.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former reference

C 335

Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

Physical description

8 bundle(s)

Access conditions

Subject to 30 year closure

Immediate source of acquisition

in 1914 Robert Thesiger Watkin- Williams, 1867-1953

Selection and destruction information

Documents in this series were scheduled for destruction after 40 years in 1913 and after 10 years in 1929. Following the Report of the Committee on Legal Records (Cmnd 3084) of 1966, action on their disposal was deferred pending the examination of Chancery Masters' documents as a whole.

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https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9642/

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Supreme Court of Judicature: High Court of Justice, Chancery Division: Master Watkin-Williams' Drafts