IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): MCC/CL/L/SJ
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: CLERK'S (LEGAL) DEPARTMENT: STANDING JOINT COMMITTEE
Date(s): 1947-1965
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 0.83 linear metres
Name of creator(s): MCC | Middlesex County Council x Middlesex County Council
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
In most counties the chief function of the Standing Joint Committee was the control of the local police force, but, owing to the fact that Middlesex was within the Metropolitan Police Area under the jurisdiction of the Home Office, its Standing Joint Committee did not have these duties.
In 1888 most counties had shire halls, guildhalls and other buildings in which courts and quarter sessions were held and where the officers dealing with county administration were accommodated. It would have been impractical to that one building should be under the control of two distinct bodies - the justices and the county council - but also unnecessary for the county council to have separate premises. The Standing Joint Committee was accordingly given charge of all matters relating to accommodation for the quarter sessions and all property which was used jointly with the county council.
The Committee also controlled the officers who served both the quarter sessions and the county council, such as clerks of the peace who were also clerks of the council. In addition the Committee considered the provision of petty sessional courthouses and appointed clerks to the justices.
From 1953 Magistrates' Court Committees were established which largely took over the work of the Standing Joint Committee.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of the Middlesex County Council Clerk's Legal Department relating to the management and maintenance of various Middlesex court houses, 1947-1965, including the Middlesex Guildhall and courts in Feltham, Highgate, Ealing, Uxbridge, Willesden, Acton, Brentford, Enfield and Hendon. Also papers relating to the County Record Office.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
MCC/Cl/L/SJ-1: General.
Conditions governing access:
Available for general access.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright to these records rests with the Corporation of London.
Physical characteristics:
Fit
Finding aids:
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
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Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Acquired with the records of its parent authority, the Middlesex County Council, and with successor authorities.
ALLIED MATERIALS
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Related material:
See also MCC/CL/L/MC and MCC/CL/MC for more records relating to Magistrates Courts.
Publication note:
For further information on the history of the Middlesex County Council please see Middlesex by Sir Clifford Radcliffe (2 editions, 1939 and 1953), LMA Library reference 97.09 MID; and The County Council of the Administrative County of Middlesex: 76 years of local government, 1 April 1889 to 31 March 1965, by Middlesex County Council (1965), LMA library reference S97.09 MID.
DESCRIPTION NOTES
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Date(s) of descriptions: April to June 2009