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Each Treasurer has to manage his or herdiary around three timetables, thecalendar year (we take office on 1stJanuary for twelve months), the

academic year and the legal year. This issue ofInnerview is traditionally focussed on the secondof these cycles when some 400 new studentmembers get their first copy of Innerview, as partof their welcome to the Inner Temple, at the startof their Bar courses.

You are entering our profession at a time ofgreat change but the values you will be taught atthe Inn will serve you throughout your careerswhatever the legal climate of the day andwherever you may find yourself. I am confidentthe Bar will survive because it is in the publicinterest that it should. As I travel around theworld, (having just returned from Hong Kongand Malaysia), the title of Barrister still stands forthe highest levels of professionalism, ethics, and

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NEWSLETTER OF THE INNER TEMPLE

MICHAELMAS TERM 2011

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CONTENTSNew Masters of the Bench 2Inner Temple Lecture Series 2011 4The Inner Temple Book Prize 2011 7If I Should Die... 7Education & Training Department 9Recent Events 14Library News 17Belgian Olympic & Interfederal

Committee 18Garden News: Gifts of Nature 19Garden News: The First Master 20Oral History Archive 21The Temple Church 22Temple Children’s Christmas Concert 22The Creation of the King James Bible 24TMF Concerts 26The Temple Church Christmas Fair 27Staff News 29Diary 30

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legal skills. Our reputation extends well beyondthese shores and the Inns play a vital role inmaintaining it. For us it is a privilege andresponsibility in equal measure.

We pride ourselves on being a friendlycollegiate organisation and inside these pagesyou will see a myriad of events that will betaking place between now and when I handover to Master Jonathan Hirst, Treasurer for2012, at the end of the year.

Look out for Grand Day, at which I shall bepresiding jointly with our Royal Treasurer,Master HRH The Princess Royal, the awardsceremony for the Inner Temple Book Prize,lectures and advocacy training courses,Christmas events in the Temple Church,student society events, and the ever populardaily lunch in Hall where we gather together

for what must be the best value meal in town. Inner Temple is in good heart and keen to

engage in all the great legal issues of the day. Iam grateful to all those who represent us inthese discussions and consultations whereverthey are debated. Three themes recur -Education, Access to the Bar for all who havethe necessary skill and determination, and highAdvocacy Standards. We are determined thatour efforts are focussed on promoting all three.

It has been a privilege to be your Treasurerin 2011 and I look forward to meeting as manyBenchers, Members and students as possibleduring the coming term.

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TREASURERHEATHER HALLET

YEARBOOK EDITORMichael Simon’s tenure as editor of the Yearbook will come to an end in 2012. If you are interested in taking up this role contact, please Constance Asprey for more details [email protected] or 020 7797 8182.

NEW MASTERS OF THE BENCH

JUDICIAL GOVERNING BENCHERSMaster WaitMaster Waller

OTHER GOVERNING BENCHERMaster Maude

BARRISTER GOVERNING BENCHERS

ACADEMIC BENCHERSMaster Endicott (University of Oxford)Master Macklem (King’s College London)Master Webb (University of Warwick)

NEW HONORARY BENCHERSBaroness Prashar, Chairman of JudicialAppointments Commission since 2006

Baroness Shackleton, Personal Solicitor toPrince William of Wales and Prince Harry of Wales, since 1996; Partner, Payne HicksBeach, since 2001

ANNOUNCEMENTS� Master Treasurer has been apponted as Vice-

President of the Queen’s Bench Division

� Master Sumption and Master Wilson havebeen appointed to the Supreme Court

� Master Lang, Master Moor and MasterAndrew Popplewell have been appointed tothe High Court

The Treasurer is delighted to announce that the following memberswere appointed Masters of the Bench in the Trinity Elections:

Master PoolesMaster Martin SpencerMaster LynchMaster JacklinMaster JafferjeeMaster Barraclough

Master VillageMaster SternMaster AgnelloMaster HillMaster RobertsonMaster Stein

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BAR GUEST NIGHTAT INNER TEMPLEFOR MEMBERS OF HALL AND THEIR GUESTS14 OCTOBER 2011

CHAMPAGNE RECEPTION3 COURSE DINNERWITH A SELECTION OF WINESFROM THE INN’S CELLARS

7.15PM FOR 7.45PMDRESS CODE: BLACK TIE

PRICE: £71.95 A TICKET(BOOK A TABLE OF 10 FOR THE PRICE OF 9)

TO BOOK:Please contact Kate Peters on 020 7797 8250

or email [email protected]

Grand DayWednesday 9 November 2011

White Tie & Decorations Timings

6.45pmStudents: Compulsory Lecture in the Smoking Room

6.45pm – 7.15pmBenchers, Members of Hall and Guests:

Optional visit to the Library to see the Inn’s Treasures7.15pm

Drinks in the Parliament Chamber and Luncheon Room7.45pm

Dinner in Hall

Tickets cost:Bencher and spouse/partner: £90 each

Member of Hall and spouse/partner: £89 eachStudents: £44.35

To book:Benchers and Members of Hall: Contact Kate Peters on [email protected] or 020 7797 8183Students: Complete and return the Term Dining Form

“The Inns are the foundation of a barrister’s life and work. They protect so many elements that constitute the identity of abarrister, fostering collegiality and high standards as well asproviding a wide range of educational opportunities.”

Master Ruth Deech: Chair, Bar Standards BoardAs quoted in The Bar Council’s Annual report for 2010.


10 OCTOBER 2011

MASTER KENNETH KEITH“INDEPENDENCE OF THEINTERNATIONAL JUDGE FROMGOVERNMENTS,THE MEDIAAND THE PUBLIC”

14 NOVEMBER 2011

MASTER FORSYTH“JUDICIAL REVIEW:

THE HANDMAIDEN OFDEMOCRACY”

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

COUNTSAS ONEHOUR OF CPD!

TO BOOK Please contact Jacqueline Fenton

on 020 7797 8241 or [email protected]

INNER TEMPLE LECTURE SERIES 2011

THE INDEPENDENCEOF THE PROFESSIONAND THE JUDICIARY

SUNDAY 18 DECEMBER 2011

CAROL SERVICE: INTEMPLE CHURCHAT 11.15AMPlease note that you need to book for the CarolService separately through the Temple Church

CHRISTMASLUNCHFOR INNER TEMPLE MEMBERSAT 12.15PMTICKETS COST £39

CHILDREN’SCAROL SERVICE & NATIVITY PLAYAT 3.00PM

FAMILY TEA IN HALLWITH FATHER CHRISTMASAT 3.30PMTICKETS COST £10

TO BOOKCarol Service:Catherine de Satgé 020 7353 [email protected] Lunch and Family Tea:Treasury Office 020 7797 [email protected]

Children’s Carol Service & Nativity Play:

Liz Clarke 020 7427 [email protected]

COUNTSAS ONEHOUR OF CPD!


7PM TUESDAY 22 NOVEMBER IN PARLIAMENT CHAMBER

CAN YOU SING, PLAY OR DO STAND-UP COMEDY?

WE’RE STILL AUDITIONING, SO IF YOUARE INTERESTED PLEASE CONTACT USAND THIS COULD BE YOUR FIRST STEP

ON THE STAIRWAY TO THE STARS!TICKETS: £10 (IT STUDENTS £5)

To register as a performer or to book tickets:Contact Kate Peters 020 7797 8250 [email protected]


PRINT OFFERTHE INNER TEMPLE AND THE MIDDLE TEMPLE

Agravure etching of their grounds and buildings by Andrew Ingamells. By kind permission of The

Honourable Societies of The Inner and Middle Temple in a signed and numberededition of 125 etchings only.

This meticulously detailed original etchingof the Temple is the first to be made from anaerial perspective for nearly 300 years.

It includes all the principal buildings andcourtyards, some of which are treated in evengreater detail in vignettes below the main image.Size: 17 x 15 ins (430 x 380 mm). Printed onwhite Hannemühle etching paper

To purchase an etching please call 020 77046808, email [email protected] or writeto Capital Prints, PO Box 65021, London N5 9BJ with your name and contact number.

Twenty Five etchings have been reserved for sale on a first come, first served basis at a price of £225.00; thereafter, and until further notice, the price will be £250.00.

The price of each etching includes the cost of recorded delivery within the UK. The etchings are unframed and will arrive in a

strong cardboard tube. Please allow 28 days for delivery from receipt of your order. Subject to return undamaged within two

weeks of purchase we will refund any dissatisfied customer. All major credit cards are accepted.


Amicus is a legal charity which helps providerepresentation for those facing the deathpenalty in the USA. It was founded in memoryof Andrew Lee Jones, who was executed 20years ago in 1991, the last person to die inLouisiana's electric chair. Since their formationin 1992, Amicus has been assisting in the legalrepresentation of those awaiting capital trialand punishment in the United States andraising awareness of potential abuses ofdefendants’ rights. Amicus relies on thegenerosity of its supporters, and funds its vitalwork through a variety of special events.

Join us for a memorial evening and drinksreception at Inner Temple on 18 October in theSmoking Room. Our speakers include crimeauthor P.D. James and Lane Nelson, anAmerican writer who once spent time on thesame tier of death row as Andrew Lee Jones.

6.30PM18 OCTOBER 2011

INNER TEMPLETICKETS: £45

TO BOOK Contact Eleanor

on [email protected] or 020 7072 5603

AN EVENING WITH P D JAMES AND LANE NELSON

THE INNER TEMPLEBOOK PRIZE 2011The Inner Temple Book Prize

sponsored by Wildy’s was launched onDecember 2010 and throughout this

year books have been received and reviewed bybenchers and senior members of the Inn. Our distinguished panel of judges have nowwhittled down the list of entrants to a finalshortlist of seven books. These books include abroad range of legal subjects and are as follows:

MAIN PRIZE Richard Gardiner Treaty Interpretation OUPJulian Rivers The Law of Organised Religion: Between Establishment and secularism OUPRichard Barnes Property Rights and Natural Resources Hart PublishingSarah Green and John Randall The Tort of Conversion Hart PublishingPaul D. Halliday Haebeas Corpus Harvard University Press

NEW AUTHORSRobin Hickey Property and the Law of Finders Hart PublishingTom Hickman Public Law after the Human Rights Act Hart Publishing

Judges will meet for the last time on the 7 October to decide upon the winners and aprize giving ceremony will be held on the 8 December with prizes presented by thePatron of the prize Master The RoyalTreasurer, HRH The Princess Royal.

The Inn would like to offer grateful thanks to all those who have reviewed books over the past year.

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Available seven nights a week for only £135 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 [email protected] or 020 7797 8230

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AT INNERTEMPLE

With the evenings drawing in and your diary as busy as ever, 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 bed and historic views waiting just for you.

ORDER YOUR INNER TEMPLECHRISTMAS CARDSA variety of Christmas cards are available fromthe Treasury Office. Contact Constance Asprey on 020 7797 8182 or [email protected]

IT Garden in the Snow (pack of ten) @ £5Pegasus Shield Card @ £0.70All other cards @ £0.80

BESPOKEINNERTEMPLESMYTHSONDIARY 2012£35+p&pOn sale from the Treasury Officeor the Inn Store atwww.innertemple.org.uk


QUESTION & ANSWER DAY FOR PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS

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

CONTACT INFORMATION

EDUCATION & TRAINING DEPARTMENT

A Question & Answer Day for ProspectiveStudents was held on Sunday 19 June 2011.Q&A Day is an annual event held by theEducation & Training Department inconjunction with the Junior Bar Association(JBA) at the Inner Temple for universitystudents considering a career at the Bar. Thefull-day event included workshops on allaspects of training for the Bar, the Inn’sscholarships programme, writing a legal CV,gaining pupillage, life as a tenant, opportunitiesat the Employed Bar and more. A drinksreception was held after the workshops toprovide participants with a chance to speakone-to-one with members of the Inn.

Over 120 university students attended fromuniversities across the UK. The sessions werevery well received with students respondingthat they have a much greater understanding ofwhat is involved in training for a career at theBar and practice.

“This event was outstanding. It shows thecommitment of Inner Temple to the supportand education of aspiring Barristers…Theopportunity to meet with newly qualifiedbarristers and current pupils has provided avery unique insight into current life at the bar,and I very much appreciate the opportunity.Thank you.”Q&A Day 2011 Participant

The E&T Department would like to extenda special thanks to all those junior barristers,pupils and student members, particularly theco-president of the JBA Edward Pleeth (3Serjeants’ Inn), who ran workshops throughoutthe day. If you would like further informationabout Question & Answer Day, please contactAnthony Dursi or, for more information onjoining the JBA, contact Beth Phillips.

The Inner Temple currently has approximately 1,900 followers on Twitter. For Bar-related news and Inn events, followthe Inner Temple on Twitter.www.twitter.com/TheInnerTemple

INNER TEMPLE GOES DIGITAL



INNER TEMPLESCHOOLS PROJECT

Year 12 students on the Pathways to Lawprogramme at LSE and UCL came to the Inn fortheir second session on 8 June. Building on theirintroductory session in January, this eventstarted with a tour of the Inn and visit toChambers, giving the students a chance to meetand speak to members of Chambers, Clerks andPractice Managers. After lunch, the studentsparticipated in a workshop led by the InnerTemple Debating Society, followed by a mocktrial and an informal ‘speed networking’ sessionin the early evening.

The final session of the Inner TempleAcademy 2011 was held on 12 July, withstudents bringing together everything they hadlearned during the project to participate in adebating competition. The final round wasjudged by Master Reader and finalists debatedthe merits of the cab rank rule.

The E&T Department would like to thankall those who participated, in particular

Alastair Hodge (5 Essex Court), Nathan Rasiah(23 Essex Street) and Joseph Templeton (23Essex Street) who participated in the MockTrail, as well as Senay Nihat and othervolunteers from the Debating Society. Thanksalso goes to Master Owen Davies (GardenCourt Chambers), Master Stern (2 BedfordRow), Hanif Mussa (Blackstone Chambers),Richard Fowler (Maitland Chambers), SadatSayeed (Garden Court Chambers), SimonPurkis (Pump Court Chambers), David Juckes(Hailsham Chambers), Hannah Brown (OneEssex Court), Philip Williams (No5 Chambers)and Corinne Bramwell (Great James’ StreetChambers).

As part of the Schools Project, a seminarfor year 12 and 13 state school pupils from theGreater London Area will be taking place onFriday 11 November 2011. If you would liketo help out please contact Amy Mason.

Master Stern “speed networks” with students

Pathways to Law Mock Trial


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UNIVERSITY PRESENTATIONS The E&T Department organises four largeCareers at the Bar presentations each Octoberin Oxford, Cambridge, London and Bristol. Ateach presentation, we hold brief talks from apanel including on life as a BPTC student.During the subsequent reception, universitystudents have the opportunity to gain furtherone-to-one advice from our student members aswell as senior members.

In addition to the university presentations,we also run smaller regional receptions acrossEngland and Wales each year, with a numberplanned for Autumn 2011.

We are seeking members, including studentmembers, to volunteer at these events –particularly alumni of institutions or those withaffiliations to particular universities. Pleasecontact Anthony Dursi.

LEGAL ACADEMICS MOCK INTERVIEWSThe next small Dinner for Legal Academics

will take place on 1 November 2011, chairedby Master Treasurer. If you are interested inour work with legal academics, please contactAnthony Dursi.

The Mock Interview Scheme aims to helpstudents develop their interview technique andbuild up confidence prior to pupillageinterviews. We are seeking barristers of at leastfive years Call to help out with the scheme. If interested, please contact Amy Mason.

CALLING ALL PUPILS!The compulsory advocacy course for pupils willbegin in October 2011. If you haven’t yetregistered your pupillage with the Inn pleasecontact Beth Phillips as soon as possible. Even ifyou are not due to start pupillage until Spring2012 you must attend an advocacy course beforethen so please register your details. Failure to doso could result in you not being issued with a

practising certificate. The Practice Management Course will be

held on the 14 January 2012. This course iscompulsory and information will be sent topupils at the same time as the advocacy course dates.

We have two Education Days coming up nextyear on Monday 20 February 2012 and Monday19 March 2012. These sessions are held at theInn and are for students studying the BPTC atinstitutions outside London. Programmesinvolve talks with practitioners, mock trials,exercises on advocacy, discussion groups,demonstration cases and lectures given byleading legal names. Full attendance of each dayis worth two Qualifying Sessions.

If any barristers would be willing to lend ahand at the Education Days on these dates,then please contact David Miller.

BARRISTERS WE NEED YOUR HELP

EDUCATION DAYS


EDUCATION & TRAINING DEPARTMENTPOLICE LIAISON SCHEMEThe Police Liaison Scheme aims to promotegood relations between the Bar and the PoliceService. The scheme allows BPTC students tovisit police stations in the London MetropolitanArea and to accompany officers on patrol or inthe CID Department. The scheme has helpedmany students interested in a career at thecriminal Bar to become familiar with policestation procedures and the way in whichincidents are dealt with. BPTC students

participating in this year’s Inner Temple PoliceLiaison Scheme will begin their visits to policestations in late 2011. Visits will be arrangedthroughout the academic year. The scheme is areciprocal one, with further events organised togive police officers an insight into life at the Barand on the Bench.

If you are interested in finding out more aboutthe scheme, please contact Amy Mason.

MENTORING SCHEMEThe Mentoring Scheme aims to providestudents with advice, guidance and a point ofcontact during their initial stages of becoming abarrister. Mentors are allocated at the beginningof the academic year and demand is always

very high. We are in need of more volunteers. If you are a barrister of five years Call or moreand would like to help out or would like somefurther information, please contact Paul Clark.

PEGASUS SCHOLARSHIPSApplications for the 2012 Pegasus Scholarshipswill open in early October and the closing dateis 30 November 2011. Scholarships are availableto tenants or employed barristers (of all theInns) who have practised as a barrister for up to five years (not including pupillage).This is an opportunity to spend six to twelveweeks in another jurisdiction seeing how itslegal system works as well as making newfriends and (possibly) escaping the worst of the British weather. For an application formplease access the Pegasus pages on the InnerTemple website.

This summer we welcomed six incomingCommonwealth Scholars who had justcompleted their LLM degrees at the Universityof Cambridge. The scholars from Australia,New Zealand, Canada and Zimbabwe workedin various chambers and also visited Belfast, theFaculty of Advocates in Edinburgh and theSupreme Court. Four avocats from the ParisBar also came to London this summer on amutual exchange programme.

For more information on Pegasus Scholarships,please contact Eamonn O’Reilly.

ACT AS A WITNESS AND GAIN A QUALIFYING SESSION!The E&T Department is recruiting BPTCstudents to act as witnesses in mock trials forpupils. As well as gaining a Qualifying Sessionfor attending two evening sessions, this is agreat opportunity to take part in the Inn’sadvocacy training for pupils.

To book your place or for further information,please contact David Miller. Further sessionswill be available in February 2011.

We are currently recruiting for the following dates in 2011:Mock TrialMonday 21 November: 5.30pm – 7.30pmMock TrialWednesday 23 November: 5.30pm – 7.30pmMock TrialMonday 28 November: 5.30pm – 7.30pmMock TrialTuesday 29 November: 5.30pm – 7.30pm



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THE MERCHANT OF VENICE PERFORMEDBY THE DRAMA SOCIETYSTILL NEED CPD POINTS?The Advocacy Master Class Series for 4th – 8th year practitioners will take place this autumn as follows:

CIVIL SESSIONS:Monday 7 November Civil AdvocacyWednesday 23 November Ethics for the Civil Bar

Sessions are chaired by Master Critchlow, Master Lerego, Master Soole and Master Chadwick.

CRIMINAL SESSIONS:Tuesday 25 October Examination of Expert WitnessesWednesday 2 November Cross Examination of Witnesses and Speeches (I)Thursday 3 November Cross Examination of Witnesses and Speeches (II)

Sessions are chaired by Master Lovell-Pank, Master Paget, Master Forrester, Master Coleman and Master Ayling.

Each session in the AdvocacyMaster Class Series isaccredited with 3 CPD hoursand costs £30.

For more information and abooking from please visit theInner Temple website orcontact David Miller.

HANDLING VULNERABLE WITNESSES

On the weekend of 26-27 November, the Innwill be holding a CPD Weekend on TheHandling of Vulnerable Witnesses –organised in conjunction with the CriminalBar Association. The event will comprise aseminar on Saturday 26 November followedby specialist advocacy training on themorning of Sunday 27 November. Theadvocacy training session will give advocatesthe opportunity to cross-examine avulnerable witness via video-link. Somepreparation prior to this session will berequired.

The course is being organised in responseto concerns that there is insufficient trainingavailable for barristers in this area. A recentreport by the Advocacy Training Council onthis subject noted that “the effective handlingby advocates of vulnerable witnesses, victimsand defendants is crucial for the good and fairadministration of justice and requires skill,experience, education and understanding”.

Seminar speakers will include: � HHJ Peter Rook QC� Susan Jacklin QC� Patricia Lynch QC � Sarah Whitehouse� Bobbie Cheema � Dr Tony Baker – Child/Adolescent Psychiatrist� Shaun Brewer – Witness Service Co-ordinator,

Central Criminal Court � DCS Caroline Bates – Head of Sapphire Unit,

Metropolitan Police� Donna Ravening – Registered Intermediary

The Saturday seminar is accredited for 6 CPD hours and costs £125. The Sunday morningadvocacy training session (at which places are limited) is accredited for 3 CPD hours and costs £40. The Sunday session is only open to those who attend the Saturday session. To request a booking form, please contact Francesca Ellis.

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THE MERCHANT OF VENICE PERFORMEDBY THE DRAMA SOCIETY

On two less-than-wonderfully sunny summer’sevenings, the Drama Society performed TheMerchant of Venice in the church courtyard.This is the second year the society has opted toperform Shakespeare in the open air and luckilythe weather has, just about, permitted it onboth occasions. Two is a coincidence but three ahabit so plans are already underway for a thirdopen-air production to take place in July 2012.The Christmas show shall begin rehearsals inOctober. The society is student-led but is open

to all members of the Inn. If you would likedetails of upcoming auditions please contactEamonn O’Reilly.

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SPRIVATE GUEST NIGHTMASTER MACPHERSON PORTRAITWEDNESDAY 29 JUNE

At last June’s Private Guest Night, theInn unveiled the latest addition to itscollection: a portrait of Sir William

Macpherson of Cluny TD by Bryan Organ.Recent commissions have included

paintings of two Lord Chancellors, Lord Woolfand the President of the International Court ofJustice and it was felt by Master Laws, lastyear’s Treasurer, and the Master of Pictures thatit would be fitting to recognise a member ofthe Inn who practised for many years at the

Bar, both as Junior and Queen’s Counsel,served with distinction as a High Court Judgeand President of the Northern Circuit.

Bryan Organ is one of the most celebratedportrait painters in the country. The NationalPortrait Gallery has no less than five of hisworks, including portraits of HRH The Princeof Wales, Diana Princess of Wales and theDuke of Edinburgh. He has painted the lastthree Chancellors of Oxford University and hissubjects have ranged from Lord Denning toPresident Mitterand, Martin Cooper the rugbyplayer, Elton John and Lester Piggott. We cannow add Master Macpherson of Cluny to thatimpressive list.


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LIBRARYNEWSSATURDAYOPENINGOPENING HOURS 10AM TO 5PMOCTOBER 2011 - JANUARY 2012

OCTOBER8 October Middle Temple

15 October Gray’s Inn

22 October Inner Temple

NOVEMBER5 November Middle Temple

12 November Gray’s Inn

19 November Inner Temple

26 November Lincoln’s Inn

DECEMBER3 December Middle Temple

10 December Gray’s Inn

17 December Inner Temple

24 December CLOSED

31 December CLOSED

JANUARY7 January Lincoln’s Inn

14 January Middle Temple

www.innertemplelibrary.org.uk

From 12 to 23 September scheduled tours wereavailable to give new BPTC students anintroduction to the Library and its services.Any student who missed the tours and whowould like to be shown round the Library maycontact the Deputy Librarian([email protected]) to arrange asuitable time. A virtual tour is available on theLibrary website for student members unable tovisit the Library in person.

The Deputy Librarian once again gavepresentations at The City Law School on theservices offered by the four Inn Libraries toBPTC students. The updated presentation is also available as a slideshow on the Library’s website.

The Library was also represented at the Inn’s recent Introductory Evenings forLondon and out of London students. A rangeof leaflets and guides was on display and theDeputy Librarian was on hand to answerstudents’ questions.

WELCOMING NEW STUDENTS

WEBSITE CHANGESThe Library website has recently been re-launched with improvements to the contentand layout. Links to the most frequentlyaccessed sections of the site now appear on theright-hand side of every page, not just thehome page. Page design is now clearer andnew images have been added. The site has

details of the Library’s collections andservices, plus links to the online catalogue,Current Awareness blog, AccessToLaw and toFAQs on legal research. It also includes avirtual tour, slideshows of the Library pastand present and illustrated histories of theLibrary and of the Inn.


The Belgian Olympic &Interfederal Committee (BOIC)will call the Inner Temple theirhome for the London 2012Olympics next summer after

signing an agreement with the HonourableSociety of the Inner Temple to provide theirhospitality facilities for the Games.

The Inner Temple commissioned EXP Sportin August 2010 to secure a client specifically forthe Olympic Games. Given their location, theirhistory and their stunning facilities, they wantedto secure a prestigious client for the duration ofthe Olympic period. Following months ofnegotiations, the BOIC signed a contract withthe Honourable Society of the Inner Temple on7 July to take the whole site for the duration ofthe 2012 Olympics to entertain their supportersand their Olympic partners.

For hundreds of years, the Inner Temple hasbeen accustomed to hosting royalty. In morerecent times, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth IIvisited the Inn to renew the 400 year RoyalCharter that King James I issued to the Inn in1608 to protect the site as a facility for Legaleducation. The Inn’s own Royal Treasurer, HerRoyal Highness The Princess Royal, is adistinguished member of the InternationalOlympic Committee.

For 17 days, the Inner Temple and the ApexTemple Court Hotel will work around the clock

to cater for over 11,000 guests within theirbanqueting hall, state rooms and their awardwinning garden on the banks of the RiverThames.

Patrick Maddams, Sub-Treasurer,commented, “We are thrilled to be welcomingthe Belgian Olympic & Interfederal Committeeand their distinguished guests to the Inn duringnext year’s Olympics. Given the friendlyrelations and close proximity of our twocountries, we hope that our Belgian guests willhave a memorable time with us.”

Laura Oakes Managing Director of EXPSport Ltd who brokered the agreementcommented, “We are delighted that the BelgianOlympic & Interfederal Committee has agreedterms with the Inner Temple. They were one ofthe first clients to view the facilities and anyonewho comes to the Inn cannot fail to beimpressed by the stunning facilities and theservice levels that the Inner Temple offers. TheBelgians and the Inner Temple have been a joy towork with and we are very excited about helpingthem both to deliver a truly world classhospitality facility in just over a year’s time.”

British lawyer Peter Benenson launches a worldwide

campaign, “Appeal for Amnesty 1961”, with the

publication of an article in the Observer newspaper.

The article, “The Forgotten Prisoners”, is written after

he learns of two Portuguese students who were

imprisoned for raising a toast to freedom. Reprinted

in newspapers across the world, his appeal leads to

the foundation of Amnesty International.

The first international meeting is held in July, with

delegates from Belgium, the UK, France, Germany,

Ireland, Switzerland and the USA.They decide to

establish “a permanent international movement in

defence of freedom of opinion and religion”.

A small office and library, staffed by volunteers,

opens in Peter Benenson’s chambers in Mitre Court,

London.The ‘Threes Network’ is established, through

which each Amnesty International group adopts three

prisoners from contrasting geographical and political

areas, emphasizing the impartiality of the group’s work.

On Human Rights Day, 10 December, the first

Amnesty International candle – which would become

the organisation’s iconic symbol – is lit in the church of

St-Martin-in-the-Fields, London.

www.amnesty.org.uk

50 YEARS OF AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL

© Amnesty International

1961

BELGIAN OLYMPIC &INTERFEDERAL COMMITTEESECURES FOR INNER TEMPLE


GIFTS OF NATURE

The Michaelmas daisies seemincredibly early this year, while Iand some of our dahlias are stillwaiting for summer, and by now I

guess it isn’t going to come, because the firstsigns of autumn are already here. Many of ourplants have started to complete their life-cycleby setting seeds, and a lot of these seed headscan be attractive architectural features; sturdyenough to last the winter in a border or asdecorative items for the home, a substitute forcut flowers, which the garden is rather short ofduring this dormant season.

In the autumn, one of our maintenancetasks is to cut down the perennials, but over theyears we have become more selective and havestarted to leave many plants alone, like Asterumbellatus, Vernonia crinata ‘Mammuth’(Ironweed) or clumps of cardoons until theirfloral structures have finally weathered away atthe end of winter. There are other flowers thatdevelop striking seed heads, like the roundpapery seed pods of the annual honesty thatshimmer like silver coins in the evening sun,which might explain how itcame by its common name‘Judas coin’, or the spikystems and cones of teaselsthat turn gold in the lowlight. I bring dozens of thelatter inside, as I love thebeautiful shadows and shapesthey throw on the wall of myliving room on a clearwinter’s day. All these seedheads don't just provide afood source for our over-wintering birds, they also

add winter interest as anotherdimension to our otherwise bare

garden and they are goodcompanions to the abundantfeathery plumes of the grasses.

For the same reason we haveintegrated numerous species ofthese, including several cultivars

of Miscanthus sinensis, into ourborders to shun the bleakness of the

wintry weather. Another grass that is worth amention is Chasmanthium latifolium, or woodoats, whose pendant panicles and bronzespikelets form an intricate feature outside orinside during the winter months. I still have its dried flower stems from last yeararching over my mantel-piece.

Besides all these perennials, which arewidely used in natural planting schemes fortheir architectural stature and their benefits towildlife during the latent time of the year, Ihave come to appreciate the versatility ofCrambe cordifolia (sea kale), sometimes foundin the formal settings of a rose garden, or likeours in the Peony Garden as part of a looserdesign. I’ve discovered that the 2x2 metreflowering structure, in summer covered by afrothy mass of foam-like flowers, makes anexcellent and lightweight alternative to a bulkyChristmas tree. I decorate the fragile branchletsof the stalks with the simple straw stars of mychildhood, while the more robust branches willbear the weight of such things as the small,beautifully-painted wooden eggs from

Easter, or angels made ofmarzipan and chocolate coins.

A garden doesn’t have tobe bleak in the winter: there isplenty of scope to dress itwith architecturallyinteresting seed structures,which can also provide acornucopia of shape and formto bring the beauty of thisseason right into your ownhome until spring can againprovide the splendour of freshgreen and nascent colour.

ANDREA BRUNSENDORFHEAD GARDENER

GARDEN NEWS


THE FIRST MASTER

BRIEF LIVES OF THE MASTERS WHOMOST INFLUENCED THE EVOLUTIONOF THE GREAT GARDEN

GARDEN NEWS

BY HILARY HALEAUTHOR OF THE GREAT GARDEN:A HISTORY OF THE INNER TEMPLE GARDENFROM THE 12TH TO THE 21ST CENTURY

After the completion of the riverembankment in 1771 it took a longtime to turn the greatly increased area

into anything resembling a garden. Not onlywas there detritus to be removed from themassive engineering work, but the Society’sawkward neighbours who occupied Whitefriarswharf had knocked down most of the easternwall and had to be sued for the cost of itsrepairs. For some years the gardener, Mr Allen,spent more time as a hard landscaper, removingrubble and rubbish than as a horticulturalist, butwas eventally able to level the reclaimed land inline with the original garden, lay gravel pathsand establish a lawn of Dutch clover. When hehad done so, it was decided that the supervisonof the Garden needed more attention than theTreasurer could give it and in 1782 two Mastersof the Bench, the Hon Daines Barrington andArthur Annesley, were selected as‘Superintendents of the Garden’. From BenchTable Orders and contemporary accounts itappears that Daines Barrington undertook thisduty more assidiously than his colleague.

Barrington (1727-1800), the fourth son ofthe first Viscount Barrington, had the advantageof family connections in the Pelhamadministration and by the age of thirty wasappointed justice of Merioneth, Carnarvon andAngelsey. After becoming K.C. and recorder ofBristol, he was appointed Justice of Chester.Although his friends declared that it was onlylack of ambition which prevented him fromrising higher in the judiciary, Bentham, whileadmiring his intellect, was not so generousabout his legal capabilities, describing him as‘not intentionally a bad judge, though he wasoften a bad one’. Nowadays, however, he isprobably best remembered as an antiquary andnaturalist, both distracting interests which maybetter explain his early retirement from the lawrather than his want of ambition.

He was an active member of the Society ofAntiquaries, and his inquiring mind can be well

illustrated by the variety of subjects on which hewrote – Arctic exploration, musical prodigies,the language of birds, archery, the Cornishlanguage – although his theories were sometimesmistaken (at one point stating that the Medwaywas in fact the Thames), attracting HoraceWalpole’s ridicule and considerablecorrespondence in the Gentleman’s Magazine.He was a friend and correspondent with manynotables of his age, from Sir Joseph Banks andBishop Percy to Johnson and Boswell, and he isjustly credited with being the driving forcebehind Gilbert White writing the NaturalHistory of Selbourne.

He spent much of his long retirement in hisrooms at 6 King’s Bench Walk and bringing hisknowledge and interest in the natural world tothe newly-planted Great Garden. Such was hisdevotion to the garden that, despairing of thedamage done to many of its plants by flocks ofsparrows, he paid Mr Allen £1 to poison them.This uncharacteristically cruel act would havegone unrecorded had the Bench not refused hisclaim to recoup the cost, an episode gleefullynarrated by Charles Lamb. Despite this touch ofparsimony, Barrington was a generous andcompetent Master of the Garden, whose care ofit has been a standard for all his successors.

Daines Barrington


THE LAUNCH OF THE ORAL HISTORY ARCHIVE

left, Daire Brehan with

Master Beldam. William

Gallagher and Mrs

Langden-Davies below.

BY CELIA PILKINGTON

The Inn was pleased to hold areception on the 27 June tolaunch an exciting new projectcharting the history of the Innthrough recorded interviews

with our older benchers, former members of staff,residents and students. The Inn is lucky enoughto have as one of its members the broadcaster andbarrister Daire Brehan, who as part of the archivescommittee offered her professional skills toproduce a series of highly insightful and revealinginterviews which are now available for all to hearat the Inner Temple Archives. An introduction tothe project may also be found on the InnerTemple website www.innertemple.org.uk in theAbout Us section.

The archives has extensive records about eachof its members going back to the mid-sixteenthcentury and the Bench Table Orders provideinformation about the day to day running of theInn. The oral history provides us with theopportunity to record the memories andexperiences of people associated with the Inn. Itis vital to record the thoughts of those involvedwith the Inn at a time when the legal world ischanging at such a fast pace. We are able to goback to the time before the Second World Warwhere interviewees including Master Monier-Williams and Jane Lloyd recall their memories ofthe Inn before much of it was destroyed by theLuftwaffe. The ruined Inn provided muchopportunity for the young Jane Lloyd growingup at the Inn to play games in the bombed outcellars and ruins. Master Monier-Williams recallsthe lovely old ‘grubby, sooty’ buildings prior to

their destruction. Residential life at the Inn wasclearly not such a grand affair as recalled byMaster Butler-Sloss who at the start of hermarried life found herself in a flat in which thebath was in the bedroom separated by a screenonly by special request.

The interviews provide fascinating insightinto the differing experiences of pupillage, in thepast obtained by the payment of 100 guineas. Theancient ritual of the silver count is also capturedfor us revealing how little some things change atthe Inn. One of our longest residing tenantsCynthia Langdon-Davies recalls childreneverywhere at 6pm in the 1960’s when mostbarristers packed up and left work for the day.Clearly a more relaxed attitude to parenting wasprevalent at this time for she recalls one of ourformer Treasurers leaving his daughter in a pramin Fountain Court with notice attached ‘please donot feed Fiona’. However this was countered bythe firmness of the Christian-Socialist Nurseryteacher in the nursery set up by Master Butler-Sloss in the 1960s. Such memories are not to befound in our official papers of our Inn and willmake a marvellous addition to the archive to betreasured by those researchers looking for theexperiences of those living and working here inthe past.

It is hoped to continue the interviews inassociation with the British Library using someof our students to interview olderbenchers andmembers of theInn therebyinvolving ourstudents further inthe life of the Innand enhancingrelations betweenour members at all levels.

Master Le Quesne

Master Monier-Williams


THETEMPLE CHURCHMICHAELMAS EVENTS 2011

Sunday 2nd October, 11.15 a.m.

CHORAL MATTINS:FIRST SERVICE OF THE LEGAL YEARPreacher: The Right Reverend John Arnold,Auxiliary Bishop of the Roman CatholicArchdiocese of Westminster.Followed by Middle Temple Term SundayLunch for Benchers of Middle and InnerTemple and for their guests. Bookings via the Treasury Office of Middle Temple, tel: 020 7427 4800.

Monday 17th October, 5.45 p.m.

CHORAL EVENSONG:ST LUKE’S DAYFollowed by drinks in the Round Church.

Monday 31st October, 5.45 p.m.

CHORAL EVENSONG:ALL SAINTS’ DAYFollowed by drinks in the Round Church.

Wednesday 2nd November, 6.45 p.m.

“IN THE BEGINNING”:THE CREATION OF THE KING JAMES BIBLEA dramatisation of the commission andcreation of the King James Version of the Bible,from its conception at the 1604 HamptonCourt Conference to its completion in 1611.Cast from Inner and Middle Temple. Musicfrom The Temple Singers. Bookings via: www.templemusic.org

Friday 11th November, 11.00 a.m.

ARMISTICE DAY:THE LAST POST AND REVEILLE INCHURCH COURT

Sunday 13th November, 10.55 a.m.

CHORAL MATTINSREMEMBRANCE SUNDAYFollowed by lunch in Inner Temple forBenchers and members of Inner Temple and forBenchers of Middle Temple, and their guests.To book lunch, please contact the Inner TempleTreasury Office on 020 7797 8250.

Monday 28th November, 6.00 p.m.

ADVENT CAROL SERVICEFollowed by drinks in the Round Church. Tickets not required.

TEMPLECHILDREN’SCHRISTMAS

CONCERTSUNDAY 27 NOVEMBER 2011

IN MIDDLE TEMPLE HALL

Members of Inner andMiddle Temple and

their children arewarmly invited to the

Temple Children’sChristmas Concert.

Thursday 1st December, 6.45 p.m.

CHRISTMAS CONCERT:THE TEMPLE CHURCH CHOIRJames Vivian, director. The choir will perform music for Advent andChristmas, including Vaughan Williams’Fantasia on Christmas Carols and Poulenc’sQuatre motets pour le temps de Noël.Bookings via www.templemusic.org

Thursday 8th December, 12noon-8.00 p.m.

TEMPLE CHURCH CHRISTMAS FAIRMiddle Temple Hall. For further informationcontact Liz Clarke in the Master’s House,[email protected]

Monday 12th December, 6.00 p.m.

CHRISTMAS CAROL SERVICEFollowed by drinks in the Round. Thisservice will be sung again on Sunday 18thDecember. To book contact Catherine deSatgé, [email protected], 0207353 8559. Priority will be given to membersof the Inn.

Tuesday 13th December, 1.15 p.m.-1.45 p.m.

CHRISTMAS CAROL SING-ALONGAn informal half-hour of carol singing; tickets not required.

Wednesday 14th December, 6.00 p.m.

A CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION: INMUSIC AND WORDS.Followed by drinks in the Round. To bookcontact Catherine de Satgé,[email protected], 020 7353 8559.Priority will be given to members of the Inn.

Friday 16th December, 1.10 p.m.

LUNCHTIME CAROLS:SUNG BY THE TEMPLE SINGERSTickets not required.

Sunday 18th December, 11.15 a.m.

THE TEMPLE CHURCH CHRISTMAS CAROL SERVICEFollowed by Christmas Lunch. Bookings forthe Carol Service via Catherine de Satgé,[email protected] or 020 7353 8559.Priority will be given to members of the Inn.Bookings for lunch via the Treasury Office.

3.00 p.m.

NATIVITY PLAY If your children or grandchildren would like totake part, please contact Liz Clarke,[email protected]

Saturday 24th December, 11.15 p.m.

MIDNIGHT CHORAL COMMUNION SERVICE Sung by The Temple Singers.

Sunday 25th December, 11.15 a.m.

CHRISTMAS DAY: CHORAL MATTINS


0-3 YEAR OLDS PITTER PATTER First concert at 11am Second Concert at 12pm

4-7 YEAR OLDS PERFORMED BY MEMBERS OF THE CITY OF BIRMINGHAMSYMPHONY ORCHESTRAThis is an interactive concert and children havea chance to handle and play the instrumentsFirst Concert at 2.30pmSecond Concert at 4.30pm

Contact Nicola Duggan at the Middle TempleTreasury Office on 020 7427 4810 [email protected] Adults: £15, Children: Free

The morning sessions will last for approximately45 minutes each and are aimed at 0-3 year oldchildren and are given by “Pitter Patter with Leothe Lion” who give regular music concerts fortiny tots in St Albans. The afternoon sessionswill last for approximately an hour each and areaimed at 4-7 year old children and are given by“Notelets” (members of the City of BirminghamSymphony Orchestra) and Rumble in the Jungle.Tea will be served after each afternoon session.Children are invited to take part and afterwardswill be able to look at and try to play some ofthe instruments.

If you have children or grandchildren in bothgroups you can come to both concerts at noextra charge. The Parliament Chamber will beavailable as a picnic space at lunchtime. Thispromises to be a fun packed day for all and welook forward to seeing you again.


IN THE BEGINNING:THE CREATION OF THE KINGJAMES BIBLE, 1604-1611

TO CELEBRATE THE QUATERCENTENARY OF THE MOSTINFLUENTIAL BOOK EVER PUBLISHED IN ENGLISH:THE TEMPLE CHURCH WEDNESDAY 2 NOVEMBER, 6.45PM

BY MASTER GRIFFITH-JONES

Members of the Inn have good reasonto be grateful to Master Pascoe forhis dramas and readings: his gripping

account of the trial of Penn and Mead; hisdramatization, in the Temple Church, of thetrial of Admiral Byng; and most recently hisstar-turn in this year’s Revels in Hall.

Master Pascoe is turning his mind to themost famous book in the English language: theKing James Bible. It was conceived andcommissioned at the 1604 Hampton CourtConference, and was published in 1611. KingJames VI of Scotland had just arrived inEngland and was starting to flex hisconstitutional muscles; fears of RomanCatholic Europe were fanned into flame by theGunpowder Plot of 1605; thePuritans were agitatingceaselessly for a Calvinistpolity. In these turbulentwaters the six teams ofscholars worked on thetranslation of Christendom’smost vital – and in the“wrong” hands mostdangerous! – text. Drafts,reports and responses survivefrom the time and at MasterPascoe’s hands will bebrought vividly to life in this semi-dramatised account of the translators andtheir times.

Serving the King – and no doubt laughingnervously at his risqué jokes – was a dazzlingcast of scholars. Lancelot Andrewes, the mostfamous preacher of the day, knew fifteenmodern and six ancient languages. LaurenceChaderton had been Reader of the Temple hereat the Temple Church; he would live on, wellover 100 years old, into the 1640s, and was saidto have outlived many of the trees he hadplanted in his youth. (He as well was a finepreacher. Two hours into one sermon hepaused, and commented that it was time forhim to stop. His congregation protested that heshould continue – and so, for another wholehour, he did. Members of the Inn are probablyrelieved that the present Reader and I do not

Portrait of James VI of Scotland

and I of England,1604, in the

collection of Middle Temple.


try following his example.) One of the first –and disparaging – responses to the newtranslation was from the Inn’s own hero JohnSelden, who asked why the translators hadinvented or retained so many stiltedHebraisms.

The King James Bible has found its way allround the world – and beyond. On ChristmasEve 1968 the astronauts of Apollo 8photographed “Earthrise” over the moon’shorizon. Watching the scene, the astronautsquoted the first words of the King James Bible:“In the beginning, God created the heaven andthe earth…” One-sixth of the world’spopulation is believed to have been listening tothe live audio-transmission from the capsule. Itis said that one Japanese journalist at Houston,confused by this interjection, rang NASA toask what the astronauts were saying. “Easy, sir,

The Bible, 1611, title page,

engraving by Cornelis Boel.

In the Bodleian Library, Oxford.

came the response: “Go to the drawer in yourhotel room’s bedside-table, take out the bookyou will find there, and turn to page one.” Thejournalist duly found his Gideon Bible and thetext. In his report to Tokyo he praised NASAfor so efficiently leaving, in advance, themission transcript in his room.

Four hundred years after the KJV’scompletion Master Pascoe is gathering togethera stellar cast in his turn, of Benchers andmembers of the two Inns. They will beaccompanied by the great lutanist Dai Millerand two of our own choirmen, singing songs ofthe time by Dowland and Campion.

We hope you can join us for a most special evening in the Temple Church. Tickets are available at www.templemusic.org, 020 7427 5641.


Temple Song: Sarah ConnollyMiddle Temple Hall

Friday 14 Oct 7.30pm

£45, £35, £25, £15, £10, £5

Come & Sing with John RutterMiddle Temple Hall and the Temple Church

Saturday 22 Oct 11am-4.45pm

£25 (to include a sandwich lunch)

The Sixteen and Harry ChristophersThe Temple Church

Monday 7 Nov 7.30pm

£35, £25, £15

Temple Song: James GilchristMiddle Temple Hall

Thursday 10 Nov 7.30pm

£45, £35, £25, £15, £10, £5

András SchiffMiddle Temple Hall

Thursday 17 Nov 7.30pm

£45, £35, £25, £15, £10

Temple Church Choir Christmas Concert

The Temple Church

Thursday 1 Dec 6.45pm

£16, £12, £8

Temple Song: Carolyn SampsonThe Temple Church

Tuesday 6 Dec 7.30pm

£45, £35, £15, £10, £5

Concerts in the Temple

www.templemusic.org

OCTOBER TO DECEMBER 2011

Into the Autumn, award-winning mezzo-soprano Sarah Connolly comes to MiddleTemple Hall on Friday 14 October. This

Temple Song recital will feature songs byBritish composers Howells, Gurney, Brittenand Bennett, alongside Schumann lieder.

We are pleased to welcome back acclaimedchoral composer and conductor John Rutterto the Temple for a Come and Sing day onSaturday 22 October. Pieces including JohnRutter’s own Gloria will be rehearsed throughthe day, plus a variety of choral music, old andnew. The day will last from 11am until 4.45pmand the £25 ticket includes a sandwich lunch.

On Monday 7 November, The Sixteenwill return to the Temple Church with their acclaimed director, Harry Christophers,to perform a programme of works byMonteverdi, including the Selva morale espirituale.

Lyric tenor James Gilchrist joins pianistJulius Drake in Middle Temple Hall onThursday 10 November for a Schubert recital,focusing on the composer’s evocative songcycle, Schwanengesang.

On Thursday 17 November, András Schiffmakes a welcome return to the Temple after arapidly sold-out and rapturously receivedrecital in 2008. This highly-anticipated recitalof themes and variations will include Mozart12 Variations in B flat on an Allegretto K500,Mendelssohn Variations Serieuses op 54,

Haydn F min Variations Hob XVII:6,Schumann Theme with Variations in E flat“Geister Variations” and Beethoven DiabelliVariations op 120.

On Thursday 1 December the much-admired Temple Church Choir will performmusic for Advent and Christmas, includingVaughan Williams’ famous Fantasia onChristmas Carols for choir and ‘cello, andPoulenc’s four Christmas Motets.

On Tuesday 6 December, the 2011 TempleSong series concludes by welcoming backcelebrated British soprano Carolyn Sampsonto the Temple after her outstanding recital inthe 2008 Festival. She will perform songs byBrahms, Fauré and Poulenc with pianistJulius Drake in the Temple Church.

All dates and artists may be subject to change

Booking InformationOn line: www.templemusic.orgBy phone: 020 7427 5641 (messages can be left on answering machine)By email: [email protected]

By post: send your ticket requests to:Temple Music FoundationThe Master’s Houseoff Fleet StreetLondonEC4Y 7BB


Plans are well advanced for the opening of theApex Temple Court Hotel near to the TempleChurch in February 2012. This 184 bedroom, 4 star facility is located within the Serjeants'Inn precinct but with major modificationsincluding a new stone facade, courtyard, and arestaurant, bar, and lounge. A special feature isthat all of the rooms face on to quiet spaces.Special rates for members of the Bar will bepublished in due course.

THE TEMPLE CHURCH CHRISTMAS FAIR

IN AID OF THE TEMPLE CHURCH ORGAN APPEALTHURSDAY 8 DECEMBER, 12 NOON TO 8PM

MIDDLE TEMPLE HALL

TEMPLE COURT HOTEL


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For bookings please contact

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or 020 7797 8230


STAFF NEWS

YASMIN SHAWKAT PA to the Sub-Treasurer isleaving us following a yearlong period of maternitycover for VanessaHumphreys. During thistime Yasmin fulfilled many

important duties and looked after a number ofvisiting delegations while introducing us to thedelights of tango and Bangladeshi cuisine. We wish her all success for the future.

VANESSA HUMPHREYShas decided not to return towork after the birth of herson Edward last September.Vanessa will be greatly missedand we hope that she willvisit us soon. Following arecruitment programme, Jennie Collis has beenappointed to this role from 1 September.

JENNIE COLLIS bids farewell to theEducation & TrainingDepartment in Septemberafter three years asEducation Co-ordinator andAssistant to the Head of

Education & Training. We are, however,delighted that Jennie is remaining at the Inn inher new role as PA to the Sub-Treasurer.

FRANCESCA ELLIS joined the Inn on 30 Augustas Education Co-ordinatorand Assistant to the Head ofEducation & Training.Francesca recently graduatedfrom the University ofGloucestershire where she studied Physical Geography.

JAY WHEELER joined theEstates Department inSeptember as the newElectrical Apprentice.

LINDA TURNERThe Inner Temple Gardenbids a fond farewell toLinda Turner, who hasworked in the Garden forover three years. Linda istaking up the opportunity tocombine horticulture and floristry and returnto college. We wish Linda every success in herfuture endeavours.

EMMA ALLEN has joined the Inner Templeto assist the Head Gardenerwith the care andmaintenance of the Garden.She comes to the Inn aftergraduating from the three-

year Kew Diploma at the Royal BotanicGarden, Kew and working for Borde Hill inWest Sussex for two years.

SOPHIE TATZKOWThe Garden bids farewell toSophie Tatzkow, who leftthe Inn in mid-July afterundertaking a one and halfyear apprenticeship at theInner Temple Garden.Sophie has now joined the one-year traineeshipprogramme at the RBG, Kew and we wish herwell in her studies.

CHRIS HUDSON joined the Garden team as the new TraineeGardener. As part of his one-year traineeship, Chris will bestudying for his RHSCertificate – Advanced Level

at Capel Manor College.

ROBERT BARKER joinedthe Estates Department inSeptember as the newImprover Plumber. He previously worked forTME Plumbing and Heatingfor two years.

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DIARYMICHAELMAS TERM 2011

OCTOBER-1 Skills Course for BPTC Students from

Providers Outside of London

2 11.15am Choral Mattins,Temple Church: First

Sung Service of the Legal Year

Skills Course for London BPTC Students

3 Michaelmas Term Law Sittings Begin

Mixed Dining Night

4 Education and Training Committee

6 Bench Table (Proposal Day)

8-9 Advocacy Teacher Training Weekend

10 Bar Liaison Committee

Lecture Night

(Master Keith)

11 Executive Committee

12 Books Sub-Committee

Council of the Inns of Court (MT)

Estates Committee

13 Deferred Trinity Term Call Night

14 Bar Guest Night

17 5.45pm Choral Evensong,Temple Church:

St Luke’s Day

Fellows of the Temple Church and

Choirmen’s Dinner MT

18 Pupils’ Advocacy Introductory Evening

19 Advocacy Master Class

Benchers’ Night

Pension Scheme Trustees

20 Library Committee

London University Presentation Evening

24 Pupils’ Case Analysis Session

Student Societies Sub-Committee


26 Church Committee

Pegasus Scholarships Trust

27 Investment Sub-Committee

28-30 Pupils’ Advocacy Residential Weekend

31 5.45pm Choral Evensong,Temple Church:

All Saints’ Day

Mixed Dining Night

Qualifying Sessions Sub-Committee

NOVEMBER1 Estates Committee

Legal Academics Dinner



5 Presentation Skills Course for BPTC Students

7 Mentors’ Dining Night

9 Grand Day

10 Education and Training Committee

11 Careers Event for Year 12/13 Students

12 Pupils’ Advocacy Applications Day

13 10.55am Choral Mattins,Temple Church:

Remembrance Sunday

Term Sunday Lunch


Lecture Night

(Master Forsyth)

15 Executive Committee

17 Bench Table (Proposal Day)

19 Pupils’ Advocacy Applications Day

21 Advocacy Training Committee

22 Inner Temple’s Got Talent

Scholarships Committee


Council of the Inns of Court (LI)

Private Guest Night

24 Michaelmas Term Call Night

26-27 CPD Weekend

27 Temple Children’s Concerts (MT Hall)

28 6pm Advent Carol Service,Temple Church


PROCEDURES FOR BOOKINGMASTERS OF THE BENCH:, Private Guest Nights: sign in and give the name of

your guest in the Private Guest Night book in the

Smoking Room, or contact Kate Peters

, Call Nights: contact David Miller

, All other Dining Nights and Term Sunday Lunches:

sign in the Book in the Smoking Room by 4.00pm

on the day, or contact Kate Peters

MEMBERS OF HALL:, Private Guest Nights: Kate Peters

, Call Nights: David Miller

, All other Dining Nights and Term Sunday Lunches:

Jacqueline Fenton

, All special dinners: Kate Peters

STUDENTS:, Complete and return the application form

to the Treasury Office

EVENTS CONTACTSKate Peters 020 7797 8250

[email protected]

David Miller 020 7797 8213

[email protected]

Jacqueline Fenton 020 7797 8241

[email protected]

Catherine de Satgé 020 7353 8559

[email protected]

CONTACTSTreasury Office – General Inquiries and parking permits 020 7797 8250

Henrietta Amodio 020 7797 8181

Head of Treasury Office [email protected]

Constance Asprey 020 7797 8182

Assistant to Head of Treasury Office – Yearbook and filming [email protected]

Kate Peters 020 7797 8183

Events Co-ordinator – Inn’s Events, Innerview, website and car park [email protected]

Jude Hodgson 020 7797 8206

Membership & Records Officer – Membership enquiries post 1960 [email protected]

Jacqueline Fenton 020 7797 8241

Membership & Records Assistant – Student dining, address changes and noticeboards [email protected]

Celia Pilkington 020 7797 8251

Archivist – Membership enquiries pre 1960 [email protected]

DECEMBER2-4 Cumberland Lodge Weekend

6 Estates Committee

7 Church Committee

Treasurer’s COIC Dinner (IT)

8 Inner Temple Book Prize 2011

Awards Ceremony


6.00pm Carol Service,Temple Church

13 Executive Committee and Dinner

14 Christmas Celebration Service

Temple Church

18 11.15am Carol Service

12.15pm Christmas Lunch

3.00pm Children’s Nativity Play

in the Temple Church

3.30pm Children’s Christmas Tea

21 Hall Closes

Michaelmas Law Sittings End

JANUARY3 Hall Opens

Treasury Office Opens

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