ARA Together Support Hub

We at ARA Ireland would like to draw your attention to the ARA Together Support Hub which has been recently set up to support ARA members and the Archives and Record Keeping Sector, as a whole, during the Covid-19 Pandemic. Feel feel to browse here. If you have any queries specific to the Ireland region, please feel free to contact us at ara.irelandregion@gmail.com. 

Archives and Legal Proceedings – ARA report published

Recently the Archives and Records Association published its latest Guidance on Archives and Legal Proceedings report.  The purpose of the guidance is to support archivists and records managers to manage the use of archives and records in legal proceedings. Over the decades, archives and records have regularly been produced in legal proceedings over issues such as land ownership and rights of way. More recently there have been several high-profile occasions where the production of archives and records in inquiries and court proceedings have played a pivotal role, such as:

The Hillsborough Disaster Inquiry, subsequent inquests and criminal trials

The Northern Ireland Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry

The Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry

The Independent Jersey Care Inquiry

The report provides an overview of the issues surrounding the use of archives and records in court and provides some guidance for record-keepers. It also provides case studies which outline current practice in the sector. To download the full report, please click here.