Catalogue description Lord Chancellor's Office: Liabilities War Time Adjustment Acts 1941 and 1944: Records of Adjustment Offices

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Reference: LCO 26
Title: Lord Chancellor's Office: Liabilities War Time Adjustment Acts 1941 and 1944: Records of Adjustment Offices
Description:

This series contains files and indexes relating to applications from persons living in or owning property in declared evacuation areas covered by the Liabilities War Time Adjustment Acts 1941 and 1944.

Records have only survived for the following offices: Birmingham, Brighton, Bognor, Eastbourne, Folkestone and Hythe, Hastings, London, Portsmouth, Scarborough and Southampton.
Date: 1940-1950
Related material:

The Department of Trade and Industry Deed of Arrangement Registry keeps a register of debtors who made schemes of arrangement, or on whom protection orders and adjustment orders were made by county courts under the Acts.
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Lord Chancellor's Office, 1885-1972
Physical description: 714 file(s)
Access conditions: Open unless otherwise stated
Administrative / biographical background:

The Liabilities War Time Adjustment Acts 1941 and 1944 provided for the arrangement, adjustment or settlement of the financial affairs of debtors or creditors whose circumstances were affected by the war. Liabilities Adjustment Officers were appointed to areas by the Lord Chancellor and their jurisdiction was based on County Court Districts. Persons who were in serious financial difficulties could apply to the Adjustment Officer in the appropriate district for advice and assistance to arrive at an equitable and reasonable scheme of arrangement.

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