[UMA-SRE-19770081] Client file indexes of Blake & Riggall

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IdentifierUMA-SRE-19770081Extent3 volumesLinear Meterage0.4Scope and ContentThree volumes of indexes (Numbers 4, 9 and 10) relating to Blake & Riggall draft legal documents and correspondence acting on instructions received from their clients for the period c.1913-1953. The indexes provide access to three separate sequences of client files, and record the name of the client, names of parties, file number, year, and nature of draft (except index 4). Each volume has a slightly different arrangement which reflects the arrangement of the order of the client files that they control, which are held in a separate series 2015.0047 LEGAL DOCUMENTS, INDEXES 4, 9 AND 10.
The entries indicate the date on which a client began instructing lawyers at Blake & Riggall for the preparation of legal documents on their behalf. The index provides access to these draft files through a file number that is recorded for each entry. Entries in these indexes are arranged in alphabetical order by first letter only of the surname or name of the organisation. To identify and order a client file, search the index by the first letter of the client surname or name of client organisation, take note of the file number and then order the box that contains the file number in the corresponding sequence of client files (that is, the files for Index 4, 9 or 10). Searching entries for a particular name may require a search of all the pages for a particular letter of the alphabet. However, listings of client names under each letter are in a rough chronological order, so if it is known on which date the client instructed Blake & Riggall to draft legal documents for them, this may assist in locating the client name and corresponding file number. There are significant chronological overlaps across the three indexes and the three sequences of files to which they provide access, which may mean that a search will need to be conducted across all three indexes to find the relevant client file.
Examples of the kinds of client legal documents that can be accessed using these three indexes include: mortgages; sales or transfers of property; binding agreements between parties; wills and probates; and so on.Collection CategoryBusinessAccess StatusAccess restrictions applyRequest Access to RecordsRequest records from this SeriesMenuBrowse digitised items | Available online

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CreatorBlake & Riggall

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Datec.1913-1953

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Previous System ID1977.0081State of ListFully listed

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[UMA-SRE-19770081] Client file indexes of Blake & Riggall