Legal records relating to the Legislative Council and Sir Arthur King Trethowan

MLMSS 11468

fonds

1926-1932

Textual Records, Clippings

9664980

0.17 metres of textual material (1 box)

Comprises records relating to the Legislative Council of New South Wales, predominantly in connection with the Constitution (Legislative Council) Amendment Act (cases ‘Trethowan and Another v Peden and Others’ (1930) and ‘Attorney-General for the State of New South Wales and Others v Trethowan and Others’ (1931)).

Constitution (Legislative Council) Amendment Act
Judgments by High Court judges McTiernan, Gavan Duffy, Rich, Starke, Dixon; typescript quotes and references from legislative literature (Keith); notes; ‘Transcript Record of Proceedings’ and correspondence between Minister of Justice McKell and Crown Solicitor John Ernest Clark regarding transcript records.

Folder ‘The Governor & Upper House’
Includes typescript quotes and references from legislative literature (Anson, Keith, Dicey); photocopies and Legislative Assembly publications of original correspondence between Governor Game and Premier Lang (1931); typescript and handwritten notes and drafts (some containing the Crown Solicitor’s initials ‘J.E.C.’); correspondence from Crown Solicitor J.E. Clark to solicitors ‘Light & Fulton’ (1931); newspaper clippings regarding the Attorney-General v Trethowan Privy Council Appeal; Legislative Assembly ‘Appointments to the Legislative Council’ (1926) and ‘Money Bills’ (1929); Caucus notes Parliamentary Labor Party concerning the money bill.

Folder ‘Legislative Council; Judgments and Letter of Instructions’
Contains ‘Constitution (Amendment) Bill, Privy Council Appeal No. 68 of 1931’ (contains handwritten ‘to McKell’); judgments of Long Innes, Mr. Justice Ferguson and Chief Justice concerning the ‘Trethowan and Another v Peden and Others’ (1930); Constitution Amendment (Legislative Council) Bill (1932); newspaper clippings concerning the State Governor and Legislative Council (1931); ‘Letter of Instructions to Messrs Light & Fulton of London, Agents for the Crown Solicitor of the State of NSW in connection with a suit in the Supreme Court of New South Wales in equity by Trethowan and Another v Sir John Beverley Peden and Others’; typescript quotes and references from legislative literature (Anson, Keith).

Also includes material relating to the Financial Agreements Enforcement Act (the State of New South Wales v The Commonwealth of Australia, 1932):

Instructions and Supplementary Instructions signed by Crown Solicitor J.E. Clark ‘For the information of the Hon. the Minister of Justice’ (1932); Writ signed by Crown Solicitor J.E. Clark (1932); Opinion of Sir Edward Mitchell (1931); Judgments by High Court judges Gavan Duffy, Evatt, Rich, Starke, Dixon and McTiernan; annotated booklet (‘J.A. Browne’ written on cover) containing various financial Acts and loose typescript notes.

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