Series
Supreme Court of Judicature: High Court of Justice, Chancery Division: Action Papers
Catalogue reference: J 84
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J 84
These action papers were assembled following the recommendation of the Committee on Legal Records (Cmnd 3084) published in 1966. The dossiers transferred up to 1984 contain all the documents in the case apart from certain papers of a confidential...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- J 84
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Title (The name of the record)
- Supreme Court of Judicature: High Court of Justice, Chancery Division: Action Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1873-1990
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Description (What the record is about)
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These action papers were assembled following the recommendation of the Committee on Legal Records (Cmnd 3084) published in 1966. The dossiers transferred up to 1984 contain all the documents in the case apart from certain papers of a confidential character. Transfers after 1984 contain both confidential and non-confidential dossiers.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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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- Court of Chancery, 1875-1875
- Supreme Court of Judicature, Chancery Division, 1875-1875
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 649 files and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- The report of the Committee on Legal Records recommended that from 1968 three categories of Chancery records be kept: 'H' cases: marked by masters as of interest to historians'L' cases: marked as likely to extend so long as to require the retention of documents for 25 years after proceedings end'S' cases: a random sample of 2% of cases. A dossier was made up in two parts to accommodate two categories of documents: (a) confidential, closed for 100 years(b) open after 30 years. Part A contains master's notes, confidential statements, reports and correspondence; part B the originating process, orders, pleadings, general affidavits, depositions and master's certificates, with other documents filed with them. Where all the documents are confidential there is no part B. Where there is nothing confidential there is no part A and the master's notes are in part B..
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9692/
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Supreme Court of Judicature: High Court of Justice, Chancery Division: Action Papers