Catalogue description Records of the Treasury Solicitor and HM Procurator General relating to legal work for specific departments

Details of Division within TS
Reference: Division within TS
Title: Records of the Treasury Solicitor and HM Procurator General relating to legal work for specific departments
Description:

Records relating to legal work undertaken for specific government departments.

Registered files and registers, reports, books and papers relating to work for specific departments:

Records generated by the Solicitor to the Admiralty prior to the transfer of the Admiralty's legal business to the Treasury Solicitor are in TS 4 and TS 6.

Registered files of the departmental branches and outstations are in TS 49, TS 61, and TS 77. Registered files of the Litigation Division are in TS 84,

Files on work undertaken for the National Coal Board concerning the legal aspects of the transfer of assets under coal nationalisation are in TS 74.

Date: 1746-1996
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Administrative / biographical background:

It was not until around 1964/65 that formal divisional titles were introduced when separate Advisory and Litigation Divisions were established. It appears these divisions shared files series which were organised according to the department or organisation seeking advice or support in litigation.

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