Catalogue description Lord Chancellor's Office and Lord Chancellor's Department: County Court Rule Committee, Agendas and Minutes of Meetings

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Reference: LCO 49
Title: Lord Chancellor's Office and Lord Chancellor's Department: County Court Rule Committee, Agendas and Minutes of Meetings
Description:

This series contains agendas, documents circulated and minutes of meetings from 1919 of the County Court Rule Committee. Files in this series may fill some of the gaps in the Rule Committee records in LCO 2
Date: 1919-1980
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

County Court Rule Committee, 1881-
Physical description: 12 file(s)
Access conditions: Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
Administrative / biographical background:

The Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1881 s19 vested the power to regulate procedure in the County Court through rules having the force of law. The County Court Rule Committee consisted of five county court judges, and later a registrar and representatives of the professional bodies. Its functions were similar to those of the Supreme Court Rule Committee, but since 1884 its rules have been required to be confirmed by that body. The committee was serviced by the Lord Chancellor's Office.

The committee was engaged in rule making (required by new legislation which was to be implemented by the courts), revision of rules where there were gaps and flaws in existing rules, consideration of suggestions from within the department, committee and from outsiders and revokations of those which were obsolete.

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