Scarman Inquiry into the Brixton Riots
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TitleScarman Inquiry into the Brixton Riots
Reference codeMS897
Date1981
Scope and ContentA copy of the written submissions made public in phase two of the inquiry and of the transcripts of the public hearings held before Lord Scarman were deposited in the University of London Library for public examination in November 1981. The papers comprise of transcripts from the public hearings on the examination of the events and their immediate causes and written submissions on the underlying social conditions which may have contributed to communal tensions.
Throughout the hearing Mr Robin Auld, Q.C., Mr John Laws and Mr Lincoln Crawford were instructed by the Treasury Solicitor. Mr Hugh Simmonds (Messrs. Wedlake, Bell) appeared for the Railton Road Youth and Community Centre of the Methodist Church. Mr Wilton Hill, Q.C., and Mr Berry Ryan, instructed by Messrs. Sylvester Small and Co., appeared for the Melting Pot Foundation, the Brixton Neighbourhood Community Association and the Brixton Domino Club.
Mr John Hazan,Q.C., and Mr Laurence Marshall, instructed by the Metropolitan Police Solicitor's Department, appeared for the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis and his officers.
Mr Aubrey Rose (Messrs. Osmond, Gaunt and Rose) appeared for the Council for Community Relations in Lambeth. Mr Louis Blom-Cooper, Q.C., and Mr Richard Drabble, instructed by Messrs. D.J. Freeman & Co., appeared for Concern. Mr Christopher Whybrow, instructed by Mr A.J. George, appeared for Lambeth Borough Council.
Throughout the hearing Mr Robin Auld, Q.C., Mr John Laws and Mr Lincoln Crawford were instructed by the Treasury Solicitor. Mr Hugh Simmonds (Messrs. Wedlake, Bell) appeared for the Railton Road Youth and Community Centre of the Methodist Church. Mr Wilton Hill, Q.C., and Mr Berry Ryan, instructed by Messrs. Sylvester Small and Co., appeared for the Melting Pot Foundation, the Brixton Neighbourhood Community Association and the Brixton Domino Club.
Mr John Hazan,Q.C., and Mr Laurence Marshall, instructed by the Metropolitan Police Solicitor's Department, appeared for the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis and his officers.
Mr Aubrey Rose (Messrs. Osmond, Gaunt and Rose) appeared for the Council for Community Relations in Lambeth. Mr Louis Blom-Cooper, Q.C., and Mr Richard Drabble, instructed by Messrs. D.J. Freeman & Co., appeared for Concern. Mr Christopher Whybrow, instructed by Mr A.J. George, appeared for Lambeth Borough Council.
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Extent5 boxes
Finding aidsCatalogued online (click on the "contains" icon below). A pdf copy of the hard copy catalogue is also attached to this description. Handlist by Piers Cain, 'Inquiry by Lord Scarman in the matter of Section 32 of the Police Act 1964 and in the matter of a local inquiry into the Brixton disturbances 10-12 April 1981, London' (1982) is available in Special Collections reading room, Senate House Library.
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Additional set of papers are held at the National Archives, HO 266
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