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Senate House Library, University of London

Lee and Pembertons


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0096 MS 881

Held at: Senate House Library, University of London

Title: Lee and Pembertons

Date(s): 1916-1938

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 3 bundles

Name of creator(s): Lee and Pembertons | law firm

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

The law firm Lee and Pembertons was established in the late eighteenth century.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

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.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Conditions governing access:

Access to the items in the collection is unrestricted for the purpose of private study and personal research within the controlled environment and restrictions of the Library's Palaeography Room Uncatalogued material may not be seen. Please contact the University Archivist for details.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original. Copying must be undertaken by the Palaeography Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests.

Physical characteristics:

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Collection level description.

Detailed catalogue

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Deposited on permanent loan by Lee and Pembertons, London, 1973.

ALLIED MATERIALS

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Date(s) of descriptions: 2000-02-29 Joseph Gelfer


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Colonial administration | Colonial countries | Political systems
Legal decisions | Legal procedure | Administration of justice

Personal names
Numah | Kofi | fl 1916-1926
Pamping | Kojo | fl 1916-1928
Sifton | Clifton | fl 1900-1938 | Canadian politician
Sifton | Elizabeth | fl 1937-1938

Corporate names
Lee and Pembertons | law firm

Places
Ghana | West Africa | Africa
Ontario | Canada | North America
Gold Coast x Ghana
Americas
Caribbean