JUDICIAL OFFICE, HOUSE
OF LORDS, LONDON SW1A 0PW
Telephone: 020-7219 3111
Facsimile: 020-7219 2476
www.parliament.uk
e-mail: holjudicialoffice@parliament.uk
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Houses of Parliament (switchboard): 020-7219
3000
The Judicial Office is open from 10am-5pm on
Mondays to Thursdays during the law terms and from 10am-4pm on
Fridays and outside the law terms. It is closed from 1-2pm daily;
and until 2pm on the day of the State Opening of Parliament.
During the law terms the Appellate Committee
sits on Mondays from 11am-4pm and on Tuesdays to Thursdays from
10.30am-4pm, with an hour's adjournment daily from 1-2pm.
FEES
AND TAXATION
Fee enquiries should be addressed to
the Judicial Office.
Taxation enquiries (assessment
of costs) should be addressed to the Judicial Taxing Clerk, telephone
020-7219 3105.
Drafts and cheques for fees, including taxing
fees, should be made payable to 'House of Lords Account'. See
Appendix C for the level of fees.
ADMISSION
PASSES
No special admission passes are required for
persons wishing to attend hearings of the Appellate Committee
or judgments in the House. Prior notice of attendance is not
required. Those wishing to attend should enter the Palace of
Westminster via St Stephen's entrance.
Special admission passes to the Palace of Westminster
are required by counsel and all those attending the Judicial Office.
Application for special admission passes is made as follows:
To attend hearing: application
should be made in advance by letter to the Judicial Office. Each
party to an appeal is entitled to passes for counsel and a maximum
of two clerks and two solicitors The application should give
the names of those for whom passes are desired and state the number
of days for which passes are required. Passes are available for
collection from the Pass Office on the first day on which the
pass is required.
To attend judgment: application
should be made in advance by letter to the Judicial Office. Each
party to an appeal is entitled to passes for counsel and one clerk
only.
To attend the Judicial Office:
application should be made on the day in person to the Pass Office.
The Pass Office is located at Black Rod's Garden
entrance, near the Victoria Tower.
Applications by telephone are not accepted. In no
circumstances are passes sent in the post.
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