quantity: 2 boxes
access: closed until 2001
These records comprise Dr Marsh's copies, as a member of the Committee, of the papers of the Lord Chancellor's Committee on Legal Education, chaired by Mr Justice Ormrod. The signed report will be found in the PRO (ref: LCO 29/116), and the official papers will also be available there when they are opened for access in accordance with the 30 year closure rule for public records. Some of the papers have been annotated. As copies of public records, the papers listed below are closed until the year 2001.
Ref Dates Description
A.MARSH 1/1 9 Jan 1970 List of papers circulated to Committee members to end 1969. The papers were classified as follows:
- Minutes (ref: LEC/MIN)
- Committee papers (ref: LEC/CP)
- Evidence, written (ref: LEC/E)
- Evidence, oral
The list gives the reference number, date and name of agency or individual where relevant
A.MARSH 1/2 1968-1971 Committee minutes, agenda and papers. The papers were numbered as follows:-
A.MARSH 1/2/1 Jan - Oct 1968 LEC/MIN/1-4 (1st-4th meetings)
A.MARSH 1/2/2 Feb - May 1969 LEC/MIN(69)/1st-4th (5th-8th meetings)
A.MARSH 1/2/3 20 May 1969 LEC/MIN(69)5th (9th meeting)
A.MARSH 1/2/4 4 June 1969 LEC/MIN(69)6th (10th meeting)
A.MARSH 1/2/5 10 June 1969 LEC/MIN(69)7th (11th meeting)
A.MARSH 1/2/6 8 July 1969 LEC/MIN(69)8th (12th meeting)
A.MARSH 1/2/7 " " LEC/MIN(69)9th (13th meeting)
A.MARSH 1/2/8 29 Sept 1969 LEC/MIN(69)10th (14th meeting)
A.MARSH 1/2/9 16 Oct 1969 LEC/MIN(69)11th (15th meeting)
A.MARSH 1/2/10 10 Nov 1969 LEC/MIN(69)12th (16th meeting)
A.MARSH 1/2/11 17 Nov 1969 LEC/MIN(69)13th (17th meeting)
A.MARSH 1/2/12 Jan-Dec 1970 LEC/MIN(70)1st-8th meetings
A.MARSH 1/3 1968-1971 Committee papers. These mainly comprise documents provided to the Committee by interested parties, plus some correspondence and interim reports and assessments. They include papers relating to the Ditchley Park Anglo-American conference on "Training for the Law", July 1967, documents from the Inns of Court, the CLE and the Law Society and papers from the law schools of many universities. A detailed list of contributors up to end 1969 will be found in A.MARSH 1/1. They were numbered as follows:-
A.MARSH 1/3/1 Feb 1968 LEC/68/1
A.MARSH 1/3/2 Mar 1968 LEC/68/2-3
A.MARSH 1/3/3 Mar 1968 LEC/68/4-8
A.MARSH 1/3/4 Apr - Oct 1968 LEC/68/10-19 [12-13 wanting]
A.MARSH 1/3/5 Mar 1969 LEC/CP(69)1-5 [6 wanting]
A.MARSH 1/3/6 Mar - May 1969 LEC/CP(69)7-14 [11-12 wanting]
A.MARSH 1/3/7 May - June 1969 LEC/CP(69)15-19
A.MARSH 1/3/8 June - July 1969 LEC/CP(69)20-25 [22 wanting]
A.MARSH 1/3/9 Aug - Nov 1969 LEC/CP(69)26-35
A.MARSH 1/3/10 Nov - Dec 1969 LEC/CP(69)36-45
A.MARSH 1/3/11 Dec 1969 LEC/CP(69)46-49
A.MARSH 1/3/12 Jan 1970 LEC/CP(70)1-2
A.MARSH 1/3/13 Jan - May 1970 LEC/CP(70)3-14
A.MARSH 1/3/14 May 1970 LEC/CP(70)15-17. Includes comments on papers 15-24
A.MARSH 1/3/15 May - June 1970 LEC/CP(70)18-25
A.MARSH 1/3/16 June - July 1970 LEC/CP(70)26-34
A.MARSH 1/3/17 July - Sept 1970 LEC/CP(70)35-43 [41 wanting]
A.MARSH 1/3/18 Oct 1970 LEC/CP(70)44
A.MARSH 1/3/19 Nov 1970 LEC/CP(70)45-48
A.MARSH 1/3/20 Dec 1970 - LEC/CP(70)49-LEC/CP(71)1 Jan 1971
A.MARSH1/4 1969-1970 Written evidence. These papers include evidence from individuals and legal bodies such as the ALT, ILEX, law societies, law schools and colleges. A detailed list of contributors up to end 1969 will be found in A.MARSH 1/1. They were numbered as follows:-
A.MARSH 1/4/1 1968-1969 Comments on evidence
A.MARSH 1/4/2 May - Sept 1968 LEC/E/1-20 [8 wanting]
A.MARSH 1/4/3 Sept - Oct 1968 LEC/E/21-37 [24, 27 wanting]
A.MARSH 1/4/4 Oct - Dec 1968 LEC/E/39-56 [41, 47, 53 wanting]
A.MARSH 1/4/5 Dec 1968 - Jan 1969 LEC/E/57-63 [60 wanting]
A.MARSH 1/4/6 Jan - Feb 1969 LEC/E/65-72
A.MARSH 1/4/7 Feb 1969 LEC/E/73
A.MARSH 1/4/8 Feb - Apr 1969 LEC/E/74-LEC/E(69)9
A.MARSH 1/4/9 Apr - July 1969 LEC/E/(69)10-18
A.MARSH 1/4/10 July - Sept 1969 LEC/E/(69)19-23 [22 wanting]
A.MARSH 1/4/11 Sept - Nov 1969 LEC/E/(69)24-29
A.MARSH 1/4/12 Nov 1969 - July 1970 LEC/E/(69)30-LEC/E(70)4 [2 wanting]