The contents include:

Papers, 1785-1786, concerning reform of the Court of Session;

Memorandum, 1786, on the office of Lord Chancellor of Scotland;

Proposed duties on law proceedings in order to increase judges` salaries, 1792;

Proposed bill, [?1802], for trying contested elections;

Observations, 1803, upon appeal business in Scotland, by Ilay Campbell, Lord President;

Copy of a letter signed by Ilay Campbell, Charles Hope, Lord Justice Clerk, and James Montgomery, Lord Advocate, to Lord Hawkesbury on reform of the Court of Session, 1805;

Correspondence, etc., 1807-1808, relating to the Scotch Judicature Bill;

Observations, 1807, on the proposed bill relating to the commission of teinds in Scotland;

Return, 1809, addressed by the Principal Clerks of the Court of Session to the commissioners appointed to inquire into the administration of justice in Scotland, signed by Walter Scott and others.