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Tourneur Law Reports
GB 0103 MS ADD 205 · Created c1631

Manuscript law reports in various hands. Inscription on folio 1 reads 'Liber Timothei Tourneur de Grayes Inne Lectoris ibidem in quadragesima Anno Domini 1631 et Anno 7 Regis Caroli'.

Tourneur , Timothy , fl 1631 , lawyer of Gray's Inn
GB 0102 PP MS 74 · 1902-1977

Records, 1902-1977 and undated, of and accumulated by the Restatement of African Law Project (RALP), School of Oriental and African Studies, comprising papers of RALP relating to administration, including minutes; and research material, such as notes, publications, theses, and other collected papers, on tribes and places including Basutoland (Lesotho), Cameroon, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Nigeria, Northern Rhodesia and Zambia, Sierra Leone, the Sudan, Tanganyika, Zanzibar and Tanzania, and Uganda, relating to customs, aspects of law including succession, slavery, marriage and divorce, land tenure, legal systems, including customary law, legislation, courts, and particular legal cases.

School of Oriental and African Studies , Department of Law , Restatement of African Law Project
Perlman, Melvin Lee
GB 0102 PP MS 38 · Created 1890-1987

Papers, 1890-1987, of Melvin Perlman, comprising correspondence; research data gathered during 1959-1962 for his study on Toro marriages in Uganda; data gathered for his research on Tea Estate Workers in Uganda; and his articles and lectures.

Perlman , Melvin Lee , 1933-1988 , anthropologist
CLA/004 · Collection · 1624-1990

Papers relating to the Mansion House Justice Room, including records of cases brought before the Mayor, 1624-1990; administrative records; regulations and duties of the clerks and officers of the court, evidence produced at trials, rotas of attendance of justices, orders from the court of aldermen and other miscellaneous historical material.

Corporation of London
Lester Collection
GB 0103 LESTER · 1989-1998

Legal papers of Lord Lester on various cases, 1989-1998, pertaining to Derbyshire County Council v Times Newspapers Limited, House of Lords, 1989 (concerning libel and freedom of speech); Pepper v Hart, House of Lords, 1992 (concerning Derek John Pepper and John Thornton Hart, the payment of tax by public school teachers for reduced fees for their sons, the relationship between Parliament and the judiciary, and whether the intentions of the law and comments in the House of Commons, not just the words of a statute, should be used as evidence in court); Equal Opportunities Commission v Secretary of State for Employment, House of Lords, 1993 (concerning Patricia Elizabeth Day, and the relationship between European Community and UK law); Fayed v the United Kingdom, European Court of Human Rights, 1993; Queen and Chief Constable of Sussex ex parte International Ferry Traders Limited, House of Lords, 1998.

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Lester , Lord , Anthony Paul , b 1936 , Lord Lester of Herne Hill , barrister
GB 0096 MS 73 · 1701-1704

Manuscript volume, 1701-1704, containing the legal opinions of Sir Edward Northey, Attorney General, on cases submitted by the Treasury Board between 2 Oct 1701 and 29 Sep 1704 on matters including Customs and Excise, maritime law including the Navigation Act, prizes taken by Her Majesty's ships of war, the colonies, the Post Office, and the armed forces.

Northey, Sir Edward (1652-1723), barrister and politician
Lee and Pembertons
GB 0096 MS 881 · 1916-1938

The first bundle, 1916-1926, is concerned with the legal case of Kofi Numah vs. Kojo Pamping, before the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, on appeal from the Supreme Court of the Gold Coast Colony (Ghana). The second and third bundles, 1937-1938, relate to the case of Sifton vs. Sifton, on appeal from the court of Appeal for the Province of Ontario.

Lee and Pembertons , law firm
Glanville Reports
GB 0103 MS ANGL 10 · 18th century

Manuscript volume, 18th century, containing William Glanville's reports of cases on the King's Bench. A note on the flyleaf is dated 1746.

Unknown
GB 0096 MS 532 · 1807-1809

Drafts of letters and opinions of the Lord Advocate from 1807 to 1809.

Colquhoun , Archibald Campbell- , d 1820 , Lord Advocate of Scotland
Bourne Abortion Case
GB 0120 GC/150 · 1938-1993

Copies of papers relating to the Bourne Abortion Case and articles by Aleck Bourne's daughter and grandson, 1938-1993.

Depositor