Catalogue description The Legal Aid Board: Annual Reports

Search within or browse this series to find specific records of interest.

Date range

Details of FR 13
Reference: FR 13
Title: The Legal Aid Board: Annual Reports
Description:

The records comprise the annual reports of the Legal Aid Board.
Date: 1988-2000
Arrangement:

The reports are arranged in chronological order.
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Access conditions: Records not yet transferred
Immediate source of acquisition:

Legal Services Commission
Custodial history: The Lord Chancellor's Department Shadow Legal Aid Board created and stored the records from January 1988 to April 1989 whereupon they passed to the Legal Aid Board. In April 2000 the records passed to the Legal Services Commission.
Accumulation dates: April 1988 to March 2000
Selection and destruction information: Selection of these records was made according to TNA Appraisal Policy s.2.1.4 - administration of justice.
Accruals: Series is not accruing.
Administrative / biographical background:

A Shadow Legal Aid Board was set up in January1988 to take over the function of legal aid from the Law Society and to prepare for a new body responsible for this function. The official Legal Aid Board was its successor and was created on 1 April 1989. The Board received its powers from the Legal Aid Act 1988. The Shadow Boar was terminated upon the creation of the Legal Services Commission on 1 April 2000 that has continued the function of legal aid to this day.

Have you found an error with this catalogue description?

Help with your research