Ontario. Dept. of Highways. Legal Branch

Zone d'identification

Type d'entité

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Forme autorisée du nom

Ontario. Dept. of Highways. Legal Branch

forme(s) parallèle(s) du nom

    Forme(s) du nom normalisée(s) selon d'autres conventions

    • Legal Branch

    Autre(s) forme(s) du nom

    • Ontario. Dept. of Highways. Office of the Senior Departmental Solicitor

    Numéro d'immatriculation des collectivités

    Zone de description

    Dates d’existence

    1957-1971

    Historique

    The Legal Branch of the Ontario Department of Highways was formed in 1957 with the appointment of a senior departmental solicitor. This individual reported directly to the Deputy Minister, and was responsible for supervising the solicitors in each of the regional offices (Kingston, London, North Bay, and Toronto). The structure and organization of the Legal Branch during its first two years is difficult to determine precisely, however, by 1959, the agency was being referred to as the Legal Branch proper and the organizational placement of the branch in the Department of Highways was formalized.

    In 1963 the regional solicitors from the Kingston and North Bay regional offices were transferred to the main office in Toronto. In that same year, the Signs and Building Permits Section was transferred to the Operations Branch from the Legal Branch. Except for 1962, when the Legal Branch was placed under the Assistant Deputy Minister of Administration, the Legal Branch reported directly to the Deputy Minister throughout its existence.

    The Legal Branch was replaced by the Legal Services Branch in the newly created Ontario Department of Transportation and Communications in 1971.

    Lieux

    Statut légal

    Fonctions et activités

    The Legal Branch provided a range of legal services to the Ontario Department of Highways including the provision of legal advice to the various branches in the department, the administration of all issues relating to insurance coverage, and the handling, negotiating, and settling of various types of claims. Between 1957 and 1963, the branch was also responsible for administering signs and building permits.

    Adresse

    Organisation interne/Généalogie

    Contexte général

    Zone des relations

    Entité associée

    Ontario. Dept. of Highways (1931-1971)

    Identifier of related entity

    AA47

    Type de relation

    hiérarchique

    Type de relation

    Ontario. Dept. of Highways contrôles Ontario. Dept. of Highways. Legal Branch

    Dates de la relation

    Description de la relation

    Entité associée

    Ontario. Ministry of Transportation. Legal Services Branch (1971-)

    Identifier of related entity

    CA1100

    Type de relation

    temporel

    Type de relation

    Ontario. Ministry of Transportation. Legal Services Branch est le successeur de Ontario. Dept. of Highways. Legal Branch

    Dates de la relation

    Description de la relation

    Zone des points d'accès

    Mots-clés - Sujets

    Mots-clés - Lieux

    Epithet

    Zone du contrôle

    Identifiant de notice d'autorité

    CA1099

    Identifiant du service d'archives

    Règles et/ou conventions utilisées

    RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)

    Statut

    Approved

    Niveau de détail

    Dates de production, de révision et de suppression

    2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

    Langue(s)

      Écriture(s)

        Sources

        Department of Highways Annual Reports, 1957-1971; Public Accounts of Ontario, 1956-1958; Government of Ontario Telephone Directories, 1957-1958.

        Notes de maintenance

        Not found in Canadiana Authorities, 1996-12-24.

        Archivist(s):
        Lisa Singer, Mark Epp