Index contained in blue notebook (to law cases?); manuscripts of lecture by Lord Haldane, titled 'After the war', 1916; also includes a letter from Lord Haldane to Mr Scotcher, 26 September 1916, 1916-1957

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Box 10 (MS Acc09.166)

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File

Content Summary:

Contained within an envelope noting that the manuscript was give to Sir Owen Dixon by Mr Scotcher. Copy of a letter by Sir Owen Dixon to 'Woodburn', apparently a reference for a Stephen Mills, 1954; Small file of documents marked (not in Dixon's hand) 'For the High Court'. Includes copies of letters by Barton and Latham on legal matters, together with judgements (including a mock judgement for a moot case); Copy of a judgement by J McTiernan in Smith v The Queen 1957. May actually be a copy of a dissenting judgment by Dixon, who did not sit in the case. A note (presumably in Philip Ayres' hand) notes that this document was not in Mrs Danby's possession, but was given to Philip Ayres by Kietch Dickin who found it in McTiernan's desk when he succeeded to his room in the High Court of Melbourne.

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