Collection GB 0074 B/JUS - JUSTICE AND PATTENDEN {SOLICITORS}

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 B/JUS

Title

JUSTICE AND PATTENDEN {SOLICITORS}

Date(s)

  • 1846-1935 (client papers from 1776). (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

1.43 linear metres

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

Justice and Pattenden were a small solicitor's practice based in Bernard Street, Holborn. The partnership dealt with general legal matters concerning property, family and estate matters and was listed in the Post Office London directories from 1849 until 1939.

Archival history

Surviving records were originally deposited by Mrs E.A. Ratcliffe on the death of William P. Webb, a solicitor of Grays Inn. One file of routine correspondence (1930-1932) has not been deemed worthy of permanent retention.
GB 0074 B/JUS 1846-1935 (client papers from 1776). Collection 1.43 linear metres Justice and Pattenden , solicitors

Justice and Pattenden were a small solicitor's practice based in Bernard Street, Holborn. The partnership dealt with general legal matters concerning property, family and estate matters and was listed in the Post Office London directories from 1849 until 1939.

Surviving records were originally deposited by Mrs E.A. Ratcliffe on the death of William P. Webb, a solicitor of Grays Inn. One file of routine correspondence (1930-1932) has not been deemed worthy of permanent retention.

Deposited in 1977.

Records of Justice and Pattenden, solicitors, 1849-1935. Records of the firm include day books, letter books, bill books and one account book. Clients' papers include deeds relating to property, mainly in London and family and estate papers.

Administrative records B/JUS/001-010; Financial records B/JUS/011-019 ; Clients' papers: property B/JUS/020-035; Clients' papers: family and estate B/JUS/036-044.

These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information are subject to access restrictions under the UK Data Protection Act, 1998.

Copyright rests with the depositor.
English

Fit

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

LMA holds records of other solicitors' firms including A.R. Chamberlayne (B/CHA), Collyer Bristow (B/COL) and Maud and Tunnicliffe (B/MMN).
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997. July to October 2009 Personnel Legal profession personnel Solicitors Business records Management Business management Financial records People People by roles Property owners Information sources Documents Primary documents Personal papers Family records People by occupation Legal documents Law Property ownership Civil law Legal systems Business administration Property Justice and Pattenden , solicitors Property law Business

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Deposited in 1977.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Records of Justice and Pattenden, solicitors, 1849-1935. Records of the firm include day books, letter books, bill books and one account book. Clients' papers include deeds relating to property, mainly in London and family and estate papers.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Administrative records B/JUS/001-010; Financial records B/JUS/011-019 ; Clients' papers: property B/JUS/020-035; Clients' papers: family and estate B/JUS/036-044.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information are subject to access restrictions under the UK Data Protection Act, 1998.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copyright rests with the depositor.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

LMA holds records of other solicitors' firms including A.R. Chamberlayne (B/CHA), Collyer Bristow (B/COL) and Maud and Tunnicliffe (B/MMN).

Finding aids

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

Allied materials area

Existence and location of originals

Existence and location of copies

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Description control area

Description identifier

Institution identifier

London Metropolitan Archives

Rules and/or conventions used

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Status

Level of detail

Dates of creation revision deletion

Language(s)

  • English

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