Harwood and Pincott
1872-1992

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Harwood and Pincott by Vivian Hill
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The old saying "ten new handles and five new heads but still the same old axe" is appropriate for this firm.  There was a Thomas Harwood (1825-1912) who was admitted to legal practice in the District of Port Phillip in June 1851 and thereafter, until 1902, practised on his own account and with partners (Sandford 1853-57) and Woolley (1858-1865).  In 1872 he admitted his son-in-law F.R. Pincott (1846-1920) as a partner.  They practised as Harwood and Pincott taking over the older firm of Taylor Buckland and Gates in 1899.  Other partners were admitted in 1901.  The firm name of Harwood and Pincott continued until 1992, seventy two years after Pincott's death and ninety years after Harwood retired, when the firm amalgamated with another Geelong firm Andrews and Backhouse to trade as Harwood Andrews.  Harwood and Pincott's principal office was in Geelong.  There were also offices in Melbourne and Colac.  Various lawyers, including two lots of father and sons were partners and many Geelong lawyers had served their articles with the firm over those years.  It still held the municipal client, Geelong City, gathered by Thomas Harwood in 1869.

What is remarkable from an archive point of view is that original partnership agreements of Taylor Buckland and Gates from 1854 and those of 1901 and 1909 of Harwood and Pincott were preserved as well as other early documents.  Copies of these documents have been lodged in this collection.

Arrangement of material

The list below describes material held in the Harwood and Pincott archive box, which is located at 340.099452 Harwoo Hil/Hap on the shelves in the Geelong Lawyers' Collection within the Special Collection at the Waterfront campus.  The material has been arranged in date order. 

Date	Title	Item no.
8/7/1854	Photocopy of Articles of Agreement between Sladen, Martyr and Taylor	HP1
8/7/1854	Photocopy of Indenture agreement between Martyr and Taylor	HP2
21/10/1864	Photocopy of Indenture agreement between Taylor and Buckland	HP3
1/6/1869	Photocopy of letter from the city of Geelong's town clerk to T.C. Harwood	HP5
31/8/1869	Photocopy of appointment of T.C. Harwood as solicitor for Geelong City Council	HP4
3/9/69	Photocopy of letter from the city of Geelong's town clerk to T.C. Harwood	HP6
24/7/1896	Photocopy of Birth certificate of W.H. Pincott	HP14
19/4/99	Photocopy of documents re sale of practice Taylor, Buckland and Gates to Harwood and Pincott	HP7
26/3/1900	Photocopy of letter from C.F.R. Pincott to Harwood and Pincott	HP13
1/11/1901	Photocopy of agreement between F.R. Pincott, D.F. Griffiths and E.E. Wilson	HP8
14/12/1901	Photocopy of agreement between F.R. Pincott, D.F. Griffiths, E.E. Wilson and H.P. Douglass	HP9
1902	Photograph of Colac office [Click on image to enlarge it.]	HP18
1909	Photocopy of extract of newspaper report from Geelong Advertiser re dinner of Harwood & Pincott staff when Sewell, Coote and Freeman were admitted to practice	HP16
14/5/1909	Photocopy of Indenture agreement between F.R. Pincott, D.F. Griffiths, E.E. Wilson, T.C. Harwood and H.P. Douglass	HP10
14/5/1909	Photocopy of agreement between F.R. Pincott, H.P. Douglass, D.F. Griffiths and E.E. Wilson	HP11
1913	Photograph of Harwood and Pincott staff [Click on image to enlarge it.]	HP19
9/8/1920	Photocopy of Registration of Firm Harwood and Pincott	HP12
10/4/1989	Extract from Geelong Advertiser of obituary of Max Kroger, law clerk	HP21
8/11/1994	Notes of comments regarding Harwood and Pincott by H.C. Fallaw	HP17
	Copy of brief re Clark's patents	HP15
	Summary history of firm by R. Annois	HP20

Additional note:

• Harwood and Pincott is also mentioned in the following archive boxes:

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