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Series VPRS 468
Barristers and Solicitors Admission Files
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Date Range: Series 1892 - cont
  Series in Custody 1892 - 1989
  Contents 1892 - 1989
Public Access: Open
Location: North Melbourne
Format of Records: Physical
 
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Date Range Agency Title Agency Number
1892 - cont Supreme Court of Victoria VA 2549
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1892 - cont Supreme Court of Victoria VA 2549
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  • How to use the Records
    For records of admission of specific persons admitted to practise prior to ?1936, consult VPRS 1357 Index to Barristers and Solicitors Admission Files to find the number allocated that persons file in the alphabetical category based on family name.

    Consult the consignment details for the unit containing the files with a particular alphabetical category and number range.

  • Function / Content
    After the passing of the Legal Profession Practice Act 1891 no person shall be admitted to practise as a barrister or solicitor solely, but every person admitted to the Supreme Court shall be admitted both as a barrister and solicitor.(Section 10)

    This series consists of the admission files for those persons seeking admission to practise after the Act came into effect. Files have contents which include the applicants Articles of Clerkship, affidavits of due execution of clerkship and of due service, the report of the Clerk of the Board of Examiners (of the Supreme Court) and a copy order of admission.

  • Recordkeeping System
    Each file has been given a number. The number in blue or black is the number of admission of that person. The number in red is that used for filing the record in an alphabetical category based on family name. The number in red may be used to retrieve specific records as required.
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1892 - 1936 Index To Barristers and Solicitors Admission Files VPRS 1357
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Consignment Number Contents Date Range Public Access No. of Units
P0000 1892 - 1951 Open 56
P0001 1948 - 1963 Open 12
P0002 1975 - 1989 Open 336
Indexes and RegistersIndexes and Registers
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1892 - 1936 Index To Barristers and Solicitors Admission Files VPRS 1357
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