Collection GB 0074 ACC/0687 - LONGMORE {SOLICITORS}

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 ACC/0687

Title

LONGMORE {SOLICITORS}

Date(s)

  • 1764-1903 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

0.16 linear metres

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

The Chancery Division of the High Court of Justice deals with business law, trust law, probate law, and land law in relation to issues of equity; while the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice (or King's Bench Division when the monarch is male) has two roles. It hears a wide range of contract law and personal injury and general negligence cases, but also has special responsibility as a supervisory court.

Archival history

GB 0074 ACC/0687 1764-1903 Collection 0.16 linear metres Longmore , solicitors

The Chancery Division of the High Court of Justice deals with business law, trust law, probate law, and land law in relation to issues of equity; while the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice (or King's Bench Division when the monarch is male) has two roles. It hears a wide range of contract law and personal injury and general negligence cases, but also has special responsibility as a supervisory court.

Received in 1959.

Papers, 1764-1903, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising legal documents relating to properties in South Mimms, Highgate, Edmonton, Whetstone, Enfield, Hornsey and Islington; with papers relating to cases at the Chancery Division and Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice.

ACC/0687/Bundle 1 - 10; ACC/0687/FL.1 - 5

Available for general access.

Copyright rests with the City of London.
English

Fit

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
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 Property Contracts Contract law Law Legal systems Civil law Property ownership Leases (documents) Agricultural economics Land economics Sales of land People People by roles Property owners Primary documents Court rolls Information sources Documents Deeds Title deeds Mortgages (documents) Solicitors Longmore , solicitors Edmonton Middlesex South Mimms Hertfordshire England UK Western Europe Islington (district) Islington London Enfield (district) Enfield Whetstone Barnet Haringey Highgate Hornsey Legal profession personnel Europe Personnel People by occupation Property law

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Received in 1959.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Papers, 1764-1903, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising legal documents relating to properties in South Mimms, Highgate, Edmonton, Whetstone, Enfield, Hornsey and Islington; with papers relating to cases at the Chancery Division and Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

ACC/0687/Bundle 1 - 10; ACC/0687/FL.1 - 5

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copyright rests with the City of London.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

Finding aids

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

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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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