Itake up office as Treasurer of the InnerTemple at a time of international financialcrisis, and of great challenge for the legalprofession, especially for the publicly
funded criminal and family Bar. In its longhistory, the Inn has seen many a crisis and itremains a sure haven in the midst of the storm.We will continue to do everything we can tosupport our students and the members of the Innthrough these difficult times.
On a more cheerful note, highlights of 2012will include the London Olympic Games andHM The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, both ofwhich we will celebrate in style. To mark theOlympics, there will be Revels focussing on twoof the Inn’s greatest sporting heroes, HaroldAbrahams (of Chariots of Fire fame) who won agold medal at the 1924 Paris Olympics for the100m and a silver in the 100m relay, and DouglasLowe who won gold medals for the 800m at
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CONTENTSAnnouncements 2Bhutan Comes to the Inner Temple 3Inner Temple’s Got Talent 4The Inner Temple Book Prize 2011 6Grand Day 7Inner Temple Lecture Series 2012 8Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan 9Education & Training Department 10Burns Night Supper 16Library News 17Garden News: Constant Campanions 18Pegasus Riding Club 19The Temple Church 20Staff News 21Diary 22Pegasus of Fire 24
Paris in 1924 and at Amsterdam in 1928. There will be seminars on sports and the law.The Inn also stands to make a useful returnfrom letting the Treasury Building to theBelgian Olympic and Inter-Federal Committeefor the period of the Games and with many oftheir guests staying at the newly opened TempleCourt Hotel.
To mark the Jubilee we plan a major serviceand musical event in the Temple Church. Theofficial river pageant on 3 June will come downthe Thames past our garden frontage whichshould provide a great view.
Two other events to note are the World Bar
Conference which we will host between 29 June and 1 July and the Summer Partywhich will have an Indian theme – we willwelcome applications from fire eaters, snakecharmers and swordswallowers.
I hope therefore thatthere will be plenty to cheer us up amidst theencircling gloom.
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ANNOUNCEMENTSMaster Baragwanath – Elected President of the Special Tribunal for LebanonMaster Deech – Re elected Chair of Bar Standards BoardMaster David Green – Appointed as the new Director of the Serious Fraud OfficeMaster Nice – Re elected Deputy Chair of Bar Standards BoardMaster Edward Nugee – Awarded a Lifetime Achievement at the Chambers Bar Awards 2011Master Robertson – Chair of BSB Standards CommitteeMaster Stein – Chair of BSB Quality Assurance Committee
YEARBOOK EDITORMichael Simon’s tenure as editor of the Yearbook will come to an end in 2012. Please contact Henrietta Amodio as soon as possible if you would like to take up this role on 020 7797 8181 or [email protected]
BESPOKEINNERTEMPLESMYTHSONDIARY 2012£35+p&pOn sale from the Treasury Officeor the Inn Store atwww.innertemple.org.uk
BLC ELECTIONSThe BLC election results are available to view in the News and Events at www.innertemple.org.uk
The colour and splendour of theBhutanese royal court came to InnerTemple on Michaelmas Call night 2011
when His Majesty the King of Bhutan wasCalled to the Bar and elected an HonoraryBencher of the Inn.
His Majesty was crowned in 2008 with amandate to oversee the implementation of aconstitutional monarchy that would enshrinethe Rule of Law in a democratic society. Hepresides over the world’s newest democracy,one of its smallest, certainly the highest asmeasured by altitude, and quite possibly thehappiest, a notion enshrined in Bhutan’s newconstitution. He is the first Royal Head ofState from another country ever to be elected amember and Bencher of Inner Temple.
The Inn was also delighted that his newQueen was able to be present following theirceremonial wedding earlier this year in one ofBhutan’s most sacred Buddhist Temples. The
Royal couple were delightfully informal mixingwith students and Benchers alike. There wasmuch to talk about, as both of them havestudied previously in England, whileintroducing them to their new legal home in London.
The following evening they were back at‘their’ Inn for a gala dinner hosted by theBhutan Society of the United Kingdom andattended by many Bhutanese from acrossEurope. Addressing the students amongst themhe encouraged them to work hard and take careof each other when being so far from home.
On his return to Bhutan, the new Kingliterally hit the ground running by continuing a series of mountainous treks across hisKingdom to visit every one of its citizens. We hope to see their Majesties back in Londonnext year for the Olympic Games where theKing has a passion for the one national sportbeing represented – Archery.
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Their Majesties the King and Queen
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“IT WAS APERFECTLYPLEASANTEVENING!”
– NIGEL OSNER
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THE INNER TEMPLEBOOK PRIZE 2011AT THE AWARDS CEREMONY ON 8 DECEMBER IN THE PRESENCE OF MASTER ROYAL TREASURER ANDMASTER TREASURER, MASTER WOOLFANNOUNCED THE WINNERS OF THEBOOK PRIZE 2011
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The shortlisted entries were:
MAIN PRIZE SHORTLIST Property Rights and Natural Resources by Dr Richard Barnes (Hart Publishing)Treaty Interpretationby Richard Gardiner (Oxford University Press)The Tort of Conversion by Sarah Green and John Randall (Hart Publishing)The Law of Organised Religion: Between Establishment and Secularismby Professor Julian Rivers (Oxford University Press)
NEW AUTHOR’S PRIZE SHORTLISTProperty and Law of Finders by Dr Robin Hickey (Hart Publishing)
From right to left: Master Sedley, the winner of the
Inner Temple Book Prize 2011 Professor Paul Halliday
and Richard Howeus of Harvard University Press
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MAIN PRIZE Habeas Corpus: From England to Empireby Professor Paul Halliday (Harvard University Press)
NEW AUTHOR’S PRIZEPublic Law after the Human Rights Act by Tom Hickman (Hart Publishing)
New Author’s Prize winner Tom Hickman and
Academic Fellow Joanna Miles.
Master Royal Treasurer and Master Woolf
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INNER AND MIDDLE TEMPLETEA TOWELETCHING BY ANDREW INGAMELLS£5.00Available from the Treasury Office on 020 7797 8250or from the Inn Store www.innertemple.org.uk
JUSTICE DYSON HEYDON AC“THREATS TO JUDICIALINDEPENDENCE – THE ENEMY WITHIN”
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PROFESSOR CHERYL THOMAS “WHY JUDGES AND
JURIES NEED (SOME) ACADEMICS”
19 MARCH 2012
DR IYIOLA SOLANKE “ACADEMICS ANDPRACTITIONERS:COMMON OCCUPANTS OFINTERPLANETARY CRAFT”
Drinks for Benchers in the Smoking Room at 18:00Lecture/Debate 18:30-19:30Drinks reception 19:30-20:30Cost: Barristers £12.70, Students £7.00, Members of other Inns £15.00
In the Autumn, the Sub-Treasurer waspresented with a book on the life of Jinnah,the founder of Pakistan, by its author
Saleem Qureshi. The book includes anappreciation by Master Irvine and refers toJinnah’s Ad Eundem membership of InnerTemple coupled with his time as a barrister at
11 King’s Bench Walk. Our Archivist, Celia Pilkington, assisted with these researches. We hope to hold an official book launch in thenew year. Members and students can register to attend by contacting Jennie Collis [email protected]
Whether it’s for your personal achievement or a group celebration onbehalf of Chambers there’s no better way to celebrate becoming a QCthan a silks party at Inner Temple.
As well as wonderful canapé packages Inner Temple offers discountedroom hire rates for its members and local chambers. Advance bookingrecommended as these are always wonderful evenings!
Space available indoors or out; catering from 20 – 400 guests.
For bookings please contact the Catering Office [email protected] or 020 7797 8230
Fiona Fulton Head of Education & [email protected] 020 7797 8207Francesca Ellis Education Co-ordinator and Assistant to HET [email protected] 020 7797 8207Eamonn O’Reilly Scholarships and Students Manager [email protected] 020 7797 8210Paul Clark Scholarships and Students Co-ordinator [email protected] 020 7797 8211Beth Phillips Further Education [email protected] 020 7797 8209David Miller Further Education [email protected] 020 7797 8213Anthony Dursi Recruitment and Outreach [email protected] 020 7797 8214Amy Mason Recruitment and Outreach [email protected] 020 7797 8262
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Representatives of the Inner Temple attendedthe 26th Annual Bar Conference. The day wasa success and allowed the Inn to reconnect withmembers and inform them of the work that weare doing. Inner Temple Benchers and members
were well represented at the conferenceincluding Taryn Lee, Conference Chair, MasterWebb, keynote speaker, and many contributorsto the panel sessions.
SEMINAR FOR SCHOOL STUDENTSOn 11 November 2011, the Inn welcomed over100 year 12/13 school students from 40 stateschools in Greater London to take part in thefourth annual Open Day on Careers at the Bar.The seminar is part of the Inn’s larger SchoolsProject, run in collaboration with the NationalEducation Trust and Pathways to Law, featuringevents and workshops throughout the year.These events aim to increase school students’knowledge of what is involved in pursuing acareer at the Bar, dispel misconceptions aboutthe profession and to raise aspirations ofparticipants.
The Education & Training Departmentwould like to thank all those who helped at theevent. This includes Master O’Toole who led the activities and Judge Tan Ikram who chairedthe panel.
Other panellists and group leaders included:Ben Leech (12 King's Bench Walk), LouiseCorfield (No 5 Chambers), Katherine Eddy (11 King's Bench Walk), Rebecca Dix (2 Bedford
Row), Jennie Oborne (Carmelite Chambers),Simon Heptonstall (CPS), Michael Edmonds (15 New Bridge Street), David Welch (AlexanderChambers), Danielle Viall (General DentalCouncil), Daniel Dyal (Cloisters), AngelaChilese (HMRC), Cyril Adjei (Five Paper) andstudent members Sarah McCadden, ClementineCoram James and Sam Ritchie.
There are several other events scheduled forthe Inn’s Schools Project during the year. If youwould like to volunteer to help out at one ofthese events or would like further informationabout doing so, we would be delighted to hearfrom you. Please contact Amy Mason.
INNER TEMPLE BUILDING STRONG LINKS WITH UNIVERSITIES
PRESENTATIONS & RECEPTIONSSix university events for over 650 students tookplace in October and November. Atpresentations held in London, Cambridge,Oxford and Bristol, students heard from a panelof speakers about life as a barrister in a varietyof practices. These panel discussions werechaired by Master Treasurer, Master Tugendhat,Masters Laws and Tomlinson and MasterJacklin respectively. Each presentation wasfollowed by a question and answer session anddrinks reception where attendees were able togain an insight into training, qualifying and lifeat the Bar.
Receptions were held in Birmingham andNewcastle, where students heard shortspeeches and had the opportunity to discusscareers at the Bar informally with members andBenchers of the Inn. Master William Davishosted a court visit for students inBirmingham, followed by a reception led byMaster Oliver-Jones. Master Robert Smith ledthe Newcastle Reception, which was alsoattended by Master Goss, Master Maddisonand Master Stuart Brown.
Feedback from students who attended allsix events has been overwhelmingly positive.
We would like to take this opportunity tothank all those who kindly volunteered tospeak at the presentations and attend thereceptions to speak to students. If you areinterested in being a regional point of contactfor undergraduate students interested in acareer at the Bar, please contact AnthonyDursi.
DINNER TO THE UNIVERSITIESThe Inn will be holding its annual Dinner to theUniversities in March 2012. The aim of thedinner is to establish links with theundergraduates who are interested and capableof joining the Bar from universities acrossEngland and Wales. If you are interested inattending, please contact Anthony Dursi.
LAW FAIRSOver the Michaelmas term, Inner Temple hasbeen represented at 25 Law and Careers Fairsthroughout England and Wales. Hundreds ofuniversity students have had the opportunity tospeak to members of staff from E&T aboutpursuing a career at the Bar, Inner Temple’sscholarships and education programmes and lifeat the Inn.
POLICE LIAISON SCHEME 2011/12:PROMOTING GOOD RELATIONS BETWEEN THE BAR AND THE POLICE SERVICEThe Police Liaison Scheme is a popular schemefor student members which aims to foster goodrelations between the police and the Bar andJudiciary. Bar students participating in thisyear’s scheme have already begun their visits toLondon Police Stations. Participants have theopportunity to accompany police officerseither on patrol, where they can learn about
police station procedures and the way in whichincidents are dealt with, or in the CIDdepartments of various police stations. It is areciprocal scheme and events are provided forpolice officers during the year, most notably amock trial in February. To get involved or forfurther information about the scheme pleasecontact Amy Mason.
MOCK INTERVIEW SCHEME The Mock Interview Scheme aims to helpstudents develop their interview technique andbuild up confidence prior to pupillageinterviews. This scheme is at its busiest inApril-June and we are therefore seeking
barristers to help out with the scheme. If you are interested in participating as aninterviewing barrister, please contact Amy Mason.
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The Inn welcomed 406 new BPTC students tothe Inn this autumn from BPTC providersacross the country. Their programme ofQualifying Sessions began with twoIntroductory Evenings at the Inn wherestudents heard from senior members of the Innabout the role of the Inn in their education andtraining and the opportunities available to themin terms of Qualifying Sessions as well assupport schemes and Student Societies.
Several Qualifying Sessions have alreadytaken place during the Michaelmas Term. TwoBPTC Advocacy Days were held in Septemberand November allowing students to practisetheir burgeoning advocacy skills. Lectures weregiven by Master Keith on The Independence ofthe International Judge from Governments, theMedia and the Public and Master Forsyth onJudicial Review: The Handmaiden ofDemocracy. Several dining nights have takenplace where students have dined with seniormembers of the Inn and heard legal talks from,amongst others, Clive Tulloch (Chief Executiveof the Free Representation Unit), Dr CatherineMacKenzie (Inner Temple Academic Fellow)on Environmental Law, and Master JeremyRoberts on Miscarriages of Justice Resulting
from Expert Evidence. A presentational skillscourse was held in October with studentstaught presentational skills techniques byaccredited trainers for the London Academy ofMusic and Dramatic Art (LAMDA). At thetime of writing, students are about to embarkon the first of three student residentialconference weekends. The DecemberCumberland Lodge weekend will focus onPrisoners’ Rights with speakers including LordCarlile of Berriew QC (President of theHoward League for Penal Reform), HughSouthey QC, Robert Buckland MP, LibbyPurves (journalist and broadcaster) as well as Dame Anne Owers (former Chief Inspectorof Prisons).
The E&T Department would like to thankall those members who have kindly assistedwith the above Qualifying Sessions and islooking forward to a busy programme ofevents/activities in 2012. If any member wouldbe interested in giving a talk on a legal topic ata dining night Qualifying Session, pleasecontact Fiona Fulton. If any member oncircuit would be interested in helping studentsat BPTC providers on circuit organiseQualifying Sessions, please contact Paul Clark.
THE NEW BPTC YEAR
PUPILLAGE ADVICE EVENINGThis evening gives students the opportunity totalk informally to barristers on a one-to-onebasis about different areas of law and to receiveadvice on applying for pupillage. The nextPupillage Advice Evening will be held on 15
February 2012. If any barristers can spare anhour and a half (6.00pm-7.30pm) to offerpupillage advice to students at the drinksreception on the above date, it would be greatlyappreciated. Please contact Eamonn O’Reilly.
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Master Juliet May meets
new students at the
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EDUCATION DAYS
BPTC SCHOLARSHIP INTERVIEWS –URGENT REQUEST FOR VOLUNTEERSSince 2008 the Inn has interviewed everycandidate who applied for an Inn scholarship.We would like to continue this policy in 2012and as such we urgently need volunteers to helpinterview for the BPTC awards this academicyear as we have received 376 applications, ourlargest ever number. The interviews will be held
on Saturdays 3 and 10 March 2012. You should be over five years’Call and be in independent practice or work asan employed barrister. If you are willing to helpplease contact Eamonn O’Reilly to discusswhat is involved more fully.
Education Days will be held on Monday 20 February and Monday 19 March 2012. These two events are aimed exclusively atstudents studying the BPTC at institutionsoutside London. Programmes involve talks withpractitioners, mock trials, advocacy, discussiongroups, demonstration cases and lectures givenby leading legal practitioners. This is a greatopportunity for students to become moreengaged with the Inn and to meet with seniormembers. Each Education Day is followed by aLecture night held on the same day. Full
attendance at each day is worth two QualifyingSessions. Students at providers outside of Londonare strongly recommended to attend thesesessions, the dates of which have been agreed inadvance with BPTC providers. If you would liketo book, please contact David Miller.
If any barristers would be willing to lend ahand at the Education Days on these dates,please contact David Miller.
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THE INNER TEMPLE MOOTING,DEBATING & DRAMA SOCIETIESOnce again, we are looking forward toanother busy year of mooting and debating.Both societies will be holding large Inter-Varsity events on the weekend of 3-5 February 2012. The Drama Society areplanning a production of Noel Cowards’Hayfever to be performed towards the endof January, full details of which will be
available on the Inner Temple website in early January.
Up-and-coming dates are announced tostudents via email but as usual we needbarristers and Benchers to help with judging.Any volunteers able to help over the weekend of 3-5 February are asked to contact Eamonn O’Reilly.
ATTENTION INNER TEMPLE PUPILS!If you have not yet notified the Inn of yourpupillage, please do so immediately as you willneed to complete the compulsory advocacycourse which begins in January 2012! Failure todo so will result in you not being issued with apractising certificate.
The Inn will be holding a Refresher Evening(6.00pm-8.30pm) for pupils on Monday 12March. This will be a final opportunity for youto practise your advocacy skills beforeembarking upon your second six. If you wouldlike to attend, please contact Beth Phillips.
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The Inn is delighted to welcome a further four outstanding legal academics elected as AcademicFellows of the Inn: From left to right: Professor Christian Twigg-Flesner, Dr Andrew Scott, Joanna Miles and Dr Ronan McCrea.
ACADEMIC FELLOWS 2011-2014
PROFESSOR CHRISTIAN TWIGG-FLESNER is Professor of Commercial Law atthe University of Hull and also acts as Directorof Learning and Teaching and Convenor of theCentre for Trade and Commercial Law. Hepreviously held appointments at the Universityof Sheffield and Nottingham Trent University.He has also held Visiting Professorships at theUniversities of Osnabrück, Bielefeld andMünster (Germany).
Christian’s research interests lie broadly inthe fields of Commercial Law, Consumer Lawand the harmonisation of private law. Hisrecent work includes Europeanisation ofContract Law (Routledge 2008). He is also theauthor of Consumer Product Guarantees(Ashgate 2003) and Blackstone’s Guide toConsumer Sales and Associated Guarantees(with Professor Robert Bradgate, OUP 2003).
He is a member of the Acquis Group and aFellow of the European Law Institute. He isEditor (Law) of the Journal of ConsumerPolicy and sits on the Editorial Advisory
Board of the Nottingham Law Journal.Professor Twigg-Flesner read law at the
University of Sheffield where he alsocompleted his doctorate.
DR ANDREW SCOTT is Senior Lecturer atthe London School of Economics. He previouslyheld an appointment at Norwich Law School,University of East Anglia and visitingappointments at Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Muenster and Universität Trier(Germany).
Dr Scott’s research interests lie in the fieldsof media law and regulation, constitutional lawand competition law. He is a co-author ofMerger Control in the United Kingdom (OUP2006) and Carter-Ruck on Libel and Privacy(6th edition, LexisNexis 2010). He is currentlyworking on Antitrust and the Media (withMichael Harker) and Newsgathering:Journalism, the Public Interest and the Law(with Gavin Millar QC).
He is General Editor of Sweet & Maxwell
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Encyclopedia of Competition Law, and a member of the editorial boards ofCommunication Law and Policy, the European Journal of Law and Technology, and the Journal of Business Law.
Dr Scott read law and accountancy atQueen’s University, Belfast, and completed hisdoctorate at Cardiff University.
JOANNA MILES is Senior Lecturer in Law atthe University of Cambridge, and Director ofStudies and Fellow in Law at Trinity College,Cambridge. She is an Academic Door Tenant at1 Hare Court.
Her research focus is on family law,especially the legal regulation of adultrelationships, family property law and financialremedies on relationship breakdown and death.She is co-author with Sonia Harris-Short ofFamily Law: Text, Cases, and Materials (2ndedition, OUP 2011). She is an Assistant Editorof the Child and Family Law Quarterly and anelected member of the Executive Council of theInternational Society of Family Law.
Prior to her appointments in Cambridge,she was a College Lecturer at Christ Churchand Lincoln College, Oxford. She took a two-year secondment as a team lawyer to the LawCommission for England and Wales in 2005 towork on the Cohabitation project.
Ms Miles is a graduate of the University of
Nottingham (LLB) and University ofCambridge (LLM).
DR RONAN MCCREA is Lecturer in Lawat University College London. He waspreviously a lecturer at the University ofReading, référendaire in the chambers ofAdvocate General Maduro at the EuropeanCourt of Justice in Luxembourg and taught atboth the London School of Economics andKing’s College London. He is a VisitingProfessor at Central European University inBudapest (Hungary). He was Prince of WalesScholar of Gray’s Inn and after completingpupillage at Matrix Chambers, he worked asLegal Officer for the Refugee Legal Centre inLondon and as a legal advisor to Liberty and theBrennan Center for Justice (New York).
His current research focuses on therelationship between religion and law,comparative constitutional law, and the statusof fundamental rights within the legal order ofthe EU. His recent work includes Religion andthe Public Order of the European Union(OUP 2010), which was the winner of the Research Endowment Trust Fund Prize and was shortlisted for the John BirksMemorial Prize.
He is a graduate of Trinity College Dublin(LLB) and the London School of Economics(MSc, PhD) and was called to the Bar of theRepublic of Ireland in 2011.
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The Inn is running two residential NewPractitioner Advocacy & Ethics weekends justoutside London on the 27-29 April and 15-17June 2012. The weekend in April will includeexpert medical witnesses and will cater for civil,criminal and family practitioners. The weekendin June will include expert accountants and will
cater for civil, criminal and employedpractitioners. Each weekend is accredited for17 CPD hours, including the 9 hours' advocacyand 3 hours' ethics New Practitionerrequirements and costs £250. For furtherinformation or to request a booking form,please contact Beth Phillips.
LIBRARYNEWSSATURDAYOPENINGOPENING HOURS 10AM TO 5PMJANUARY - APRIL 2012
JANUARY7 January Lincoln’s Inn
14 January Middle Temple
21 January Gray’s Inn
28 January Inner Temple
FEBRUARY4 February Lincoln’s Inn
11 February Middle Temple
18 February Gray’s Inn
25 February Inner Temple
MARCH3 March Lincoln’s Inn
10 March Middle Temple
17 March Gray’s Inn
24 March Inner Temple
31 March Lincoln’s Inn
APRIL7 April CLOSED
14 April Middle Temple
21 April Gray’s Inn
28 April Inner Temple
A new edition of Library Resources for the Bar,a guide to the Libraries of the four Inns ofCourt, has been published and is available inthe Library and on the Library website. Thisedition of the guide features details of the InnLibraries specialisation scheme.
LIBRARY RESOURCES GUIDE
TRANSCRIPTS GUIDEThe Library’s guide to sources of transcripts ofjudicial proceedings in England and Wales,which was produced in February 2011, wasupdated again during 2011 to take account ofchanges to a number of government websites.
The guide has been purchased by individualbarristers, chambers, law firms, governmentdepartments and academic libraries. Dr Peter Clinch, author of Legal research: a practitioner’s handbook, described it as “a unique, comprehensive and essential legalresearch source.”
Further information and details of how to orderthe guide may be obtained from the Transcriptspage of the Library websitewww.innertemplelibrary.org.uk
We now monitor a selection of chambers’websites with a view to including articles andconference papers on the Current Awarenessblog where appropriate.
CURRENT AWARENESS
The Incorporated Council of Law Reporting’snew online service is now available in theLibrary. This will allow practitioners access toThe Law Reports, The Weekly Law Reports,The Industrial Cases Reports, The BusinessLaw Reports and the Public and Third SectorLaw Reports. It also includes the ICLR’sConsolidated Index.
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Two of the Royal letters from the Library’smanuscript collection are to be featured in aforthcoming BBC4 series, She Wolves. Theseries is based on the book of the same nameand will be presented by the book’s author,Helen Castor. The series tells the stories ofwomen who played their part in ruling Englandbefore Queen Elizabeth I, paying particularattention to Matilda, Eleanor of Aquitaine,Isabelle of France, Margaret of Anjou, LadyJane Grey and Mary Tudor.
Iam writing this on ‘Barbarazweig’ day – 4 December – which in Germany is whenhopeful spinsters pick slender twigs ofcherry for the house. Their hope is that
the nascent flower buds will open onChristmas Day, as that means that the gathererwill get married in the coming year. Well, itdoesn’t look as though I’m going to get luckyas I can’t reach any of the branches of our 120-year-old Prunus sargentii without filling in anexhaustive ’elf and safety’ assessment. I’ll justhave to content myself by looking forward toits breath-taking show of blossom toweringover the woodland garden, a display which actsas a halo over the white sea of daffodils,Narcissus ‘Thalia’, hellebores and dog-toothviolets beneath its wide canopy.
This blossom-laden beauty is not the onlytree in the Garden which is a harbinger of goodtimes. The winter-flowering cherry, Prunus xsubhirtella ‘Autumnalis’, will greet us with asparkle of lightness on our return to work inJanuary, giving cheer in the gloom and cold,and hinting that the monochrome hue ofwinter will soon be gone. As the days lengthenand a little warmth makes being outside atouch more amenable, the blousy magnoliahybrids attract smiles of admiration. They arethe first of spring to burst into flower, but mypersonal favourite is Davida involucrata whichshows itself a little later. Better known as the
handkerchief tree, its white, tissue-like bractsgently settle on the lawn as though kindlyproviding the necessary equipment to deal withthe hay-fever season.
By the end of May we begin each day bysearching avidly for the true sign that spring isover. Standing on the banks by theMediterranean steps we scan the highestreaches of the North American tulip trees, likeseafarers ’scoping the horizon for sight of land,until we spot the inconspicuous but alluringblooms and can declaim that summer hasarrived. Soon afterwards the blossom of theIndian Bean tree, Catalpa bignonioides byPaper Buildings perfumes mid-summer nightwith heady fragrance on the balmy, dusky air.By then the black mulberry is setting its fruit,filling out in time for everyone’s return fromthe long vacation, when many a guilty-lookingbarrister emerges from the paeony garden withred-stained lips and spattered shirt afterenjoying a lunch-time tasting.
Soon after this harvest comes the heavycrop from the walnut when, instead of stainedlips, the gardeners’ hands turn yellow as theycollect the damp shells encasing the succulentnuts. This bounty is the signal that autumn isupon us, and the bill for the sensual andepicurean delights of these magnificent trees ispresented and we spend twelve weekscollecting their fallen leaves…
Now, at the turn of the year, it can seemimpossible that the bare and skeletal branchesare capable of producing such beauty, but theirseeming dormancy will ensure that they give usanother spectacular display, and I hope that theNew Year will bring you all pleasure andcontentment both inside and outside the Great Garden.
The Bar riding club (also known asPegasus Club) was established in 1895and is still going strong today. A
tradition of point-to-pointing, hunting andmilitary riding with the King’s Troop has seenLords, Ladies, judges and many eminent QCsgrace the field. However, we are keen toencourage new members of all ages!
We ride regularly with the King’s TroopRoyal Horse Artillery on a Saturday morningand have many established links with variousdrag hunts and riding stables outside London.Everyone is welcome and rides with the King’sTroop cost £28 per hour (group lesson/hack).Additionally, members invite the armyinstructors and officers to dinner to say ‘thankyou’ (at additional cost). The military rides dorequire some riding ability, however severalmembers have started with rides at Londonstables and we are very happy to assist with
organising these lessonsfor beginners.
The Club also holds an annual point-to-point at which members of the Bar can eitherrace their own horse or sponsor a horse in the race. Further, there is the annual dinner and various informal social events throughoutthe year.
If you would like to ride/socialise with thePegasus Club, or if you would like to find outmore, please contact Melanie Purdie, Joint HonSecretary, at [email protected]
“NO HOUR OF LIFE IS WASTED THAT IS SPENT IN THE SADDLE” SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL
With dark nights making evening travel less appealing, why not take it easy and
stay the night here at Inner Temple?
Our two beautifully decorated overnight
accommodation rooms, the Boswell and Chaucer, each
have an en suite bathroom, comfortable King sized bed
and historic views waiting just for you.
Available seven nights a week for only £140 per night,
a calm night in either of these rooms will leave you
relaxed and revived for the next day.
For bookings please contact the Catering Office on
Have you tried the Pegasus Bar’s newest seasonal menu? Considered hiring it on the weekend for a private function? Stopped by for animpromptu coffee or cocktail?
All of these things and more are available right on
your doorstep - the Pegasus Bar offers a truly warm
welcome whatever the weather and is available
Monday to Friday for lunch, drinks or client
entertaining and on the weekends for private hire.
Space available indoors or out; private hire for groups
20 – 50 guests.
For bookings please contact the Pegasus [email protected] or 020 7797 8234
MAKE THE MOST OF PEGASUS IN 2012
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THETEMPLE CHURCHHILARYEVENTS 2012
Sunday 15th January, 11.15 a.m.
CHORAL MATTINS:First Choral Service of the Year. (Men’s Voices)
Thursday 2nd February, 5.45 p.m.
CHORAL EVENSONG:Candlemas
Wednesday 22nd February, 5.45 p.m.
CHORAL EVENSONG:Ash Wednesday
Sunday 11th March, 11.15 a.m.
CHORAL MATTINS:Followed by a Congregational Lunch in Inner Temple Hall.
5th April, 1.10 p.m. - 1.50 p.m.
CHORAL COMMUNION:Maundy Thursday
6th April, 11.15 a.m.
CHORAL MATTINS:Good Friday
8th April, 11.15 a.m.
CHORAL COMMUNION:Easter Sunday
A FESTIVAL OF PSALMSThe Temple Church Choir’s new
CD will be released by Signum
Records in January. The
programme includes Bernstein’s
Chichester Psalms in an arrangement for voices, organ,
harp and percussion, Allegri’s Miserere mei, and other
settings of the psalms by Parry, Wesley, Purcell and
Byrd.The choir’s previous CD was described as
“music-making of a magical and inspired kind”, and this
new one promises to be well-worth buying too!
It will be available from the church from January 2012.
CONNIE ASPREYAfter three and a half yearsin the Treasury Office asAssistant to the Head of theTreasury Office, Connie hasleft to join Wragge & Co asExecutive Assistant to the
Senior Partner. Over the years, Connie hasworked with immense efficiency andenthusiasm on the Yearbook, sourcing images,themes and articles for the annual edition. She has found new items for our merchandisestore and has been most helpful in dealing withfilming arrangements at the Inn. Her cheerfuldisposition and efficiency will be missed by theTreasury team and we wish her well in this newstage of her career.
EDWARD HARPERjoins the Treasury Office asAssistant to the Head ofTreasury Office, replacingConstance Asprey. Edwardpreviously worked in theHouse of Commons whilestudying his history degree at Royal HollowayUniversity of London.
The Inn is fortunate to have several memberslong serving members of staff. We celebrate andthank the following members of staff who inthe past or coming year have given significantperiods of service to the Inn.
30 YEARS
Ian Ward (Electrician)
25 YEARS
Michael Frost (Assistant Librarian)Simon Hindley (Senior Library Assistant)
HAROLD ABRAHAMS AND DOUGLAS LOWE, WON GOLD MEDALS AT THE 1924 PARIS OLYMPICS. THE STORY OF ABRAHAMS WAS IMMORTALISED IN THE OSCAR WINNING CHARIOTS OF FIRE.
TO CELEBRATE THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS ON 29 MAY 2012 WE WILL BE HOLDING AN EXHIBITION AND GASTRONOMICDINNER, WHILE ON 20 JUNE THERE WILL BE A CELEBRATORY SCREENING OF CHARIOTS OF FIRETOGETHER WITH ATHLETICS AND ENTERTAINMENT.
2 9 M A Y 2 0 1 2PEGASUS OF F IRE EXHIB IT ION & D INNER
2 0 J U N E 2 0 1 2P E G A S U S O F F I R E
S A V E T H E D A T E S !
INNER TEMPLARABRAHAMS
INNER TEMPLARLOWE
800M GOLD100M GOLD
THE INN WILL BE HOLDING TWO SPECTACULAREVENTS TO CELEBRATE THE OLYMPICS
2 0 1 2
PLEASE REGISTER INTEREST NOW AS WE ARE EXPECTING HUGE DEMAND. CONTACT KATE PETERS [email protected]
