Catalogue description Lord Chancellor's Department: Shadow Legal Aid Board: Registered Files (SB series)
Reference: | FR 8 |
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Title: | Lord Chancellor's Department: Shadow Legal Aid Board: Registered Files (SB series) |
Description: |
These files document the process of setting up the Legal Aid Board, including the appointment of the chairman and members, liaison with the Lord Chancellor's Department and the Law Society and the establishment of administrative procedures. |
Date: | 1987-1989 |
Arrangement: |
Files are arranged in order of former reference |
Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
Former reference in its original department: | SB |
Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
Language: | English |
Creator: |
Lord Chancellor's Department, 1972-2003 |
Physical description: | 44 file(s) |
Access conditions: | Open |
Immediate source of acquisition: |
From 2005 Legal Services Commission |
Accruals: | Series is accruing |
Administrative / biographical background: |
The Legal Aid Board was established under the Legal Aid Act 1988. Administrative preparations were carried out by the Shadow Board based in the Lord Chancellor's Department. Files of the Shadow Board were taken over by the Legal Aid Board when it started work in April 1989. |
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