Catalogue description Supreme Court of Judicature: Middlesex Guildhall: Case Files

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Title: Supreme Court of Judicature: Middlesex Guildhall: Case Files
Description:

This series comprises a selection of case files of the Middlesex Guildhall.
Note: The naming of a defendant within this catalogue does not imply guilt.
Date: 1968-2002
Arrangement:
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Middlesex Guildhall Assize, 1906-1970

Supreme Court of Judicature, Middlesex Guildhall, 1971-
Physical description: 27 file(s)
Access conditions: Open unless otherwise stated
Immediate source of acquisition:

From 2005 Department for Constitutional Affairs
Selection and destruction information: Preservation criteria: murder or manslaughter, infanticide and child destruction; charges under the Official Secrets Acts, treason, treachery and sedition; life sentence cases; offences committed by life licensee; imposition of restriction orders unlimited in time; offences committed by a patients on leave of absence or conditional discharge from a special hospital; IRA or other terrorist organisation cases; matters of public concern, e.g. riots; Trials of general historical interest. Cases involving eminent or notorious persons. A representative selection of other case files to show a wide variety of cases. Files not included above where sentence is longer than 7 years. Class 4 offences such as Grievous Bodily Harm with Intent, Robbery and Conspiracy and 'either way' offences to be represented by a small illustrative number of files (e.g. one file for each type of case). Cases referred to in the Sex Offenders Act 1997 where the notification period exceeds five years.
Accruals: Series is accruing
Administrative / biographical background: The Middlesex Guildhall is the home of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdomand of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council.

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