File contains correspondence sent to Platts-Mills as head of Cloisters Chambers where he was a tenant of 5 Paper Buildings. Correspondence relates to legal cases, advice, requests for help and references, pupillage etc. The correspondence is arranged chronologically and is split into two parts for ease of access. The first part contains correspondence up to and including 1978 whilst the second part contains correspondence from 1979 onwards.

Part 1 includes references to the following:

Shrewsbury Trial transcripts; Peachy and Mrs Berger; PNO Ken Murray; Pritt 1951; Evan Thomas-Llanelly 1952; Finsbury Housing Scheme 1953; South Wales Transport Co Ltd 1953; Francis Barr 1953; Rome v Saunders 1954; Delphine Young 1955; Mr Schiff 1955; Mrs Underhill as pupil in Chambers 1955; E. Malkin; Setting up Chambers c.1957; Mihir Sen 1958; Francis Herbert Loeffler 1958; Fred John v J&P Zammit Ltd & Isaac Jones Ltd 1959; George Dawson 1960; C.M. Allen 1960; J.H. Cort 1961; Nemone Lethbridge 1963; Mr R. Lee 1968; Mr Wilkes disciplinary 1968; Dumaresq 1968; D.M. Daly 1969; Mrs S.N. Bernstein 1969; C.K. Rumman 1969; Marie Cunning 1969; Fred Pimm 1969; William Hirst 1969; K.H. Abdul Quddus 1970; M.S.O. Shoaga 1970; Patrick O'Connor 1970; Election as a Bencher of Inner Temple 1970; Mr E. Effiong 1970; Harry Skinner 1971; Christopher Coghlan 1971; Guy Chapman 1971; Mark Royston 1971; Shirley Pereira 1971; John Mackenzie 1971; Hume Boggis-Rolfe 1971; Jack Leonard Prescott 1971; Stephen Waller 1972; Mr Bates 1972; Edward Rees 1972; R.A. Rosen 1972; A.H. Punjani 1972; H. Baiden 1972; Lord Pearson 1974; J. Victor S. Rajanathan 1974; Kenneth Lennon 1974; Nick Budgen 1974; Maureen Campbell-Diech 1974; Western Circuit Grand Night 1974; Rental of 5 Paper Buildings 1974; Keith Lowe 1975; Peter J. O'Hanlon 1975; J.M.B. Crawford 1975; B.P. Hanley 1975; John Stonehouse MP 975; Regina Pustan 1976; David Martin 1977; Working party on Criminal Legal Aid System 1977; [Retirement?] of Bill 1977; Kenneth George O'Dare 1977; John Gortt 1977; Neil Freedman 1977; John Collins 1977; Offer of position of Chairman of Brighton Polytechnic Council 1977; V.T. Haridas disciplinary 1978; R v Rhaman 1978.

Part 2 includes references to the following:

Rev Campion and fees 1979; Thomas Wallis employment law 1979; Paul Cooper 1979; Campaign to free Jimmy Boyle 1979; Tim Corker 1979; D.P. Lassen Diesen 1979; Application of Stuart Montrose to become a pupil master 1980; Roy Walker a WWII Conscientious Objector 1980; Claud Allen 1980; Circuit Judge Francis [Pelee?] 1980; Interview with Kenji Urata 1980; Advice for student Anastasia Ioannou 1980; Dinner arranged by Charles Gordon 1980; Chester Beyts 1980; Mrs Noble 1980; Chambers work fees 1980; Resolution on a Bench Table order 1981; Hong Kong and John Griffiths Q.C. 1981; Legal Aid and Mr G.T. Spencer 1981; Application of Brian Langstaff to become a pupil master 1981; Tom Emerson 1981; Robert White 1981; Makeed Ahmed 1983; Chambers party 1983; Case arising from Miners' Strike 1985; William Wells QC 1987; R v Aka 1987; Walker v Bellamy Knight Griffin 1987; Steve Walker v B.N. & Co. 1987; Crown Prosecution Service 1988; Pandit Sewtohul 1988; R v Abdul Rahman 1989; Yasin Ul Rahman Khan Suri 1990; Application of Noel Solomons to become a Justice of the Peace 1990; Soonita Ramgoolam-Joypaul 1990; Stanley Faulkner and the estate of Miss Jean Purcell 1990; Hillingdon Legal Resource Centre 1990; Obituary for Master James C.G. Burge QC 1990; Allied response to the Gulf crisis 1990; Resignation as Head of Chambers 1991; Ken Rimmell 1991; Professor Azra Ali 1992; Aviker v Raj 1992; Application for mini pupillage by Paul Hitchings 1993; Frederick Joseph Sewell 1994; Mr Hossain's training for the Bar 1997; Raj Kothari's documentary re Mahatma Ghandi 1997; Application [for pupillage?] of Michelle Brewer 1998; R v Vikraman Pillai 1998; Retirement of Ian Brownlie QC 1999; Mohammed Rashid Shaikh 2000; Kamrul Zaman Ali 2000; Charl B. Hirschfeld 2000; Michael Mansfield QC 2000.