Papers of Anthony Brooke, Rajah Muda, and Lord Tanlaw: Brooke v. Brooke (continued), 1948-1950

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MSS. Pac. s. 83/6, Vol. 34

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Bertram Brooke and Anthony Brooke (the Plaintiffs) v. Sir Charles Vyner Brooke, C.J.V.C. Brooke, R.E.S. Johnson, and the Hon. A.G.V. Peel (the Defendants), in the Court of the Resident, State of Brunei: Brunei Civil Suit No. 1 of 1948.

The Plaintiffs were concerned to set aside the Cession of Sarawak to the British Empire. Documents are inscribed with the names of Sir David Maxwell Fyfe, K.C., MP, Counsel for the Plaintiff, and Theodore Page.

Folder 3:

(fols. 1-143) drafts and copies of the Plaint and other papers contained in the Brief (MSS. Pac. s. 83/6, Vol. 34, folder 2), and papers extracted from draft record, 8 Jul-4 Nov 1948.

Folder 4:

(items 1 and 2) original Petition for Special Leave to Appeal signed by David Maxwell Fyfe and Theodore Page, and a corrected draft, n.d.
(items 3-14) 'Case for the Appellants and Record of Proceedings': drafts, corrected copies, and 2 bound copies, n.d.
(item 15) instructions to settle the Petition for Special Leave to Appeal, 22 Apr 1949
(item 16) affidavit verifying the Petition, 5 May 1949
(item 17) copy of the report from the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, 23 May 1949
(item 18) judgement of the Lords of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, delivered by Lord Normand, dismissing the Appeal, 30 Mar 1950.