| Description | The file contains correspondence and enclosures, file notes and meeting minutes largely relating to Theatre Projects Consultants seeking advice from their solicitors regarding dispute with The South Bank Theatre Board over fees payable. Specific topics covered include documentation needed for a legal claim and the problem of missing documents, work done for the National Theatre as opposed to The South Bank Theatre Board, overtime, timework, expenses, travelling time, whether Theatre Projects Consultants Ltd have liability for design, the possibility of arbitration and The South Bank Theatre Board's change of solicitors. Correspondents include Theatre Projects Consultants Ltd, Denton Hall & Burgin (solicitors), The South Bank Theatre Board, Davis Belfield and Everest, John Elsom, Peter Hall, Lovell White & King (solicitors for The South Bank Theatre Board), and Melman Pryke & Co (chartered accountants). Items include a legal document 'Instructions to Counsel to Advise in Conference' regarding the dispute between Theatre Projects Consultants Ltd and The South Bank Theatre Board, a brief account of how Theatre Projects Consultants Ltd came to be appointed to their role, a legal document entitled 'Advice' from Council discussing the design obligations of Theatre Projects Consultants Ltd and their entitlement to fees, correspondence between John Elsom and Peter Hall regarding Elsom's book and a dispute about when Peter Hall understood work on the Theatre would be complete, and a draft official letter from solicitors for Theatre Projects Consultants Ltd to the solicitors for The South Bank Theatre Board. Original card folder disposed of. '904/1B 3' was written on the front cover, and '904/1B National Theatre Jan 79-Dec 79' was written on the spine. |