| Description | The file contains letters, conference notes, legal correspondence and court documents relating to the Halifax Memorial, Nova Scotia, Canada, predominantly consisting of the CWGC's lawsuit against E.G.M. Cape and Company, deceased architect Percy Erskine Nobbs, his son Francis John Nobbs and J. Philip Dumaresq. |
| Content Note | Includes: extract from the 22 July 1965 Director-General’s conference, which hopes for a November 1965 trial date and/or an out-of-court settlement; a 13 August 1965 letter from legal advisor Horace L. Simmons to P.E. Reynolds, Esq., Director of Legal Services at the Department of Veterans Affairs in Canada, requesting clarification on the cost of the memorial’s rehabilitation and mentioning the possibility of an out-of-court settlement; a 1 October 1965 letter from Horace L. Simmons to the Director-General, which considers the possibility that a partial demolition and rebuilding of the memorial is necessary; reprinted extracts from a 7 March 1953 letter from the Secretary General to Head Office (duplicated 7 October 1965), discussing the type of granite used in the construction of the memorial; and a 30 December 1965 letter from Charles B. Fuller to Horace L. Simmons, where he candidly discusses his fears and worries in regards to the (still) ongoing lawsuit, referring to witness integrity, etc. |