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‘File 28/2 War. Prize jurisdiction in the Persian Gulf states’ [108r] (215/292)
The record is made up of 1 file (144 folios). It was created in 25 Oct 1939-28 Feb 1943. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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95
On any other attendance (whether before the Judge in chambers,
before the Registrar, a commissioner, examiner, or the marshal,
or upon a witness or a party or his solicitor) which the taxing
officer shall deem necessary, and for which a fee has not been
specially provided ... ... ... ... ... ... ... o 6 8
Oaths and Exhibits.
Commissioners to take oaths or affidavits. For every oath or
declaration ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... o 2 o
The solicitor for preparing each exhibit o I o
The commissioner for marking each exhibit ... ... ... o i 4
Letters.
For every letter written by the solicitor which does not fall
under the head of instructions for brief, and which the taxing
officer shall deem reasonable and necessary ... ... ... o 3 6
or according to circumstances not to exceed ... ... ... o 5 o
For every letter in the nature of a notice sent by a solicitor to his
own client or any other person ... ... ... ... ...016
And in addition, in respect of correspondence between a solicitor
and his client, other than correspondence allowed for by
the taxing officer under the head of instructions for brief, for
every letter which the taxing officer shall deem reasonable and
necessary ... ... ... ... ... ... o 3 6
or according to circumstances not to exceed ... ... ... o 5 o
In addition to the above an allowance is to be made for the
necessary expense of postages, carriage, and transmission of
documents.
Evidence.
As to evidence such just and reasonable charges and expenses
as appear to have been properly incurred in procuring evidence
and attendance of witnesses are to be allowed.
Counsel.
Fees to counsel shall be allowed in cases where such fees
would be allowed in like proceedings in Admiralty business and
to the like amount, provided that, as to refresher fees, the
taxing officer shall allow such fees as in his discretion he shall
consider reasonable.
Bail.
The commission or fee paid to persons becoming sureties to
bail bonds or otherwise giving security may be allowed provided
that the amount thereof shall not in the aggregate exceed
one pound per centum.
General.
I On every taxation the taxing master shall allow all such costs,
" charges and expenses as appear to him to have been necessary
or proper for the attainment of justice, or for defending the
rights of any party, but save as against the party who incurred
the same no costs shall be allowed which appear to the taxing
master to have been incurred or increased through over caution,
negligence, or mistake, and the fees hereinbefore mentioned are
subject to this general rule.
In addition to the fees hereinbefore mentioned, the taxing
officer may allow to the solicitor such remuneration as he may
consider just and reasonable, in respect of work and labour,
which is not specifically provided for by the above scale, and
which in the opinion of the taxing officer was reasonably neces
sary for the conduct of the cause or matter.
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The file comprises copies of official notices and correspondence relating to prize jurisdiction in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (the capture of enemy vessels and cargo) during the Second World War, based on the understanding, as described in a letter from the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. to his Agents, dated 16 November 1939, that, ‘as Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, and the Trucial States A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. are on the side of Great Britain the Crown has the right to exercise prize jurisdiction in these States’ (ff 2-3).
The file includes:
- two printed copies of a booklet entitled Provisional Rules and Orders, 1939: Prize Courts: Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. dated September 2, 1939. Made under Section 3 of the Prize Courts Act, 1894 (57 & 58 Vict. C. 39) (ff 6-59, ff 61-114);
- a printed copy of an Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. entitled Reprisals for restricting German Commerce , dated 27 November 1939 (ff 117-118), and a press statement, issued by the Press Section of the Ministry of Economic Warfare, dated 28 November 1939, relating to the issue of the Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. (f 120);
- correspondence relating to a Danish tanker, the Eleonora Maersk (also spelt Elonora Maersk and Eleanora Mearsk ) which arrived in Bahrain from Iran, in April 1940. In a letter to the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. (Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Geoffrey Prior) the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. at Bahrain (Hugh Weightman) stated that the Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. has received instructions from the East Indies Commander-in-Chief that the vessel should be sent to Karachi, presumably as prize (ff 121-124);
- a Department of Commerce notification, dated 31 August 1940, stating that measures taken against German shipping can now be applied to Italian shipping (f 131);
- communications relating to prize procedure in respect of Finland, Hungary, Rumania [Romania] and Japan (ff 139-142).
- Extent and format
- 1 file (144 folios)
- Arrangement
The file’s contents are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest item at the front to the latest at the end. The file notes at the end of the file (ff 144-145) mirror the chronological arrangement.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the back cover with 146; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 2-6, f 60, and ff 119-143, the intermediate folios being skipped; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
Pagination: two printed booklets are present in the file (see ff 6-59 and ff 61-114); these booklets each have their own original printed pagination sequence. The file notes at the back of the file (144-145) have also been paginated using pencil.
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- IOR/R/15/2/675
- Title
- ‘File 28/2 War. Prize jurisdiction in the Persian Gulf states’
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:121v, 123r:145v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence