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Hedley v. Unilever

Catalogue reference: CSAC30.7.75/E.34-E.62

What’s it about?

This record is about the Hedley v. Unilever dating from March 1952 - 1954.

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Reference

CSAC30.7.75/E.34-E.62

Title

Hedley v. Unilever

Date

March 1952 - 1954

Description

RPL was retained as consultant by Thomas Hedley and Co. in their case against Unilever Ltd. The documents include: legal and scientific corres.; reports on experiments, laboratory tests etc., many by RPL; arrangements and agenda for meetings, demonstrations, laboratory visits etc.; drafts for legal submissions, many annotated and amended by RPL; periodical summaries and progress reports on scientific tests, many by RPL; legal and technical documents. Chief correspondents are: Thomas C. Yule (Field Roscoe and Co., Solicitors), H.R. Galleymore (Chief Chemist), W.H. Adamson (Research Laboratories), G.H.R. Watson, Frank B. Dehn and Co. (Patent Agents) for Thomas Hedley and Co.; Bristows, Cooke and Carpmael (Solicitors) for Unilever. The case was not brought.

Held by
Imperial College Archives and Corporate Records Unit
Language

English

Record URL
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Series information

CSAC30.7.75/E

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Hedley v. Unilever