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DCC - Derbyshire County Council - [18th cent]-2025
LG - Legal - 1889-2023
F - Legal case files - 20th cent
67 - Public Footpaths - 20th cent
1 - Wirksworth Urban District Council v. George Wimpey and Company Limited: legal case file - 1964-1975
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Archive Reference / Library Class No.
DCC/LG/F/67/1/2
Title
Loose papers not forming part of the treasury tagged correspondence file at point of transfer.
Date
1966-1975
Description
Includes:
Plan of Colehill Quarry showing quarry, plant area and access road. Also shows trees covered by tree preservation orders, other trees to be retained and new trees. Marked with lines for cross reference with planning records. Revision dated Jun 1966.
Court documents relating to the case of Wirksworth UDC versus George Wimpey and Company in the High Court of Justice, Queen's Bench Division, including:
Instructions to counsel and further case to counsel to advise, undated.
Advice from Patrick Freeman of Kingsford Dorman & Co dated 1 Dec 1967
Further opinion of Patrick Freeman dated 28 Dec 1968
Instructions to Counsel, undated but with endorsement 2 Mar 1969: "opinion, amended statement of claim and draft letter herewith"
Amended statement of claim, undated. Originally served by Kingsford Dorman & Co on 13 Jul 1968, re-served Mar 1969.
Draft letter from Kingsford Dorman & Co to George Wimpey & Co relating to liability for the footpath, 2 Mar 1969.
Letter from Wimpey dated 20 Apr 1967 to Derbyshire County Council giving notification that the company has ceased to hold any interest in the land concerned. A photocopy of the same letter is in DCC/LG/F/67/1/1.
Extract from minutes of Wirksworth UDC dated 24 Jul 1967, recording the carrying of a motion to proceed with the case against Wimpey for restoration of the footpath, and to ask Derbyshire County Council to conduct the case on the UDC's behalf.
Letter dated 9 Apr 1969 from Kingsford Dorman & Co of Lincoln's Inn, noting that agreement appears to have been reached with Wimpey.
Memorandum dated 19 Aug 1969 of a meeting at the quarry on 15 Aug 1969 between the UDC with its legal counsel and Wimpey, recording that the company promised to replace the footpath at its own expense (estimated at £10,000 to £20,000).
Copy invoice for legal fees from Kingsford Dornan, with correspondence about payment, 1975.
Extent
1 file
Level
File
Repository
Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator
Derbyshire County Council
Format
Document
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