File 88 - Goodman Derrick & Co solicitors

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General file relating to the solicitors firm, Goodman Derrick & Co.

Contains correspondence concerning legal matters including: professional charges and payment for legal services; staff changes; the premises at St Andrew's Hill, London; legal advice; negotiations with trade unions; redundancy pay; the contract with Purnell, publishers; social occasions; the Treaty of Rome; loans; Transglobe Expeditions Limited; publishing agreements; budgets; the appointment of Dr Conor Cruise O'Brien; the 1948 Companies Act; the publication of a history of the newspaper; the lease for the building at 160 Queen Victoria Street; the memoirs of Lord Goodman; John Howkins; tax invoices; staff salaries; role of the trustees; board meetings; the role of chairman; the future retirement of Roger Harrison; members of the board of the Observer Limited; advertisements; recruitment; commission on the press; repairs to Printing House Square; colour supplements; the use of artwork by Bridget Riley in advertising; Nora Beloff versus PressDram Ltd; the Times building; contributor arrangments; the Daily Mail; an article by Lord Goodman; Lord Rothschild; Associated Newspapers; an interview with Cecil King; a dispute with Time Off Limited; issues of copyright; Professor Trevor-Roper; Lady Randolph Churchill; the Newspaper Publishers Association (NPA); a Trustee's dinner; Observer Books & Features Ltd; future printing plans; Lord Rothermere's libel claim; the publication of annual accounts; changes in cover price; the British Printing Corporation; Lord Boyd; Hutton Street and Tudor Street buildings; extra circulation; the Monopolies Commission; appointments to the Observer board; relations with the Government; the Trust deed.

Primary correspondents include: Roger Harrison; Tristan Jones; Goodman Derrick & Co; Jane Carter; Lord Goodman; John Cornwell; Lord Barnetson; Donald Trelford; RPJ Price; David Astor; A Leighton Davis; J Montgomerie.

Creator: The Observer Limited; Managing Director's Office; Roger Harrison

Any correspondence containing privileged legal advice or details of living indivduals' terms of employement may be closed.