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The culmination of four years offundraising to restore therenowned Temple Church organwas celebrated in a memorable

service of thanksgiving on 7th May in thepresence by Her Majesty The Queen and HisRoyal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh.

Donors to the appeal were treated to thewonderful tones of the newly restored organ,voiced for the first time for the surroundings ofthe Temple Church following months ofrestoration by Durham based organ specialists,Harrison & Harrison. An especially composed

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NEWSLETTER OF THE INNER TEMPLE

TRINITY TERM 2013

CONTENTSThe Martin John Burr Silver Cabinets 2Announcements 3Recent Events 4Organ Rededication Service 4Dinner For Past Treasurers 5Women’s Forum 5Gorboduc 7Warsaw Advocacy Visit 8The Central And Eastern

European Moot Competition 9Education & Training 11Garden Opera: La Traviata 16Library News 18Garden News 19Church Events 20Staff News 21Smithfield House Bar Nursery 21Diary 22

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anthem by Gabriel Jackson, set to the words ofJohn Milton’s But let my due feet never failfrom Il Penseroso, was a particular highlight ofthe service, enabling the Temple Church Choirto be heard at its very best under the directionof James Vivian and to demonstrate GregMorris’ organ playing. An informative andcolourful booklet produced by the Master ofthe Temple, Angelic Symphony, was given toeach of the donors and is now available for amodest fee from the Temple Church shop.

Her Majesty and The Duke of Edinburghwere later introduced to members of the OrganAppeal Committee, chaired from its inceptionby Master May of Inner Temple and MichaelBlair QC, of Middle Temple, and to PennyJonas, whose dedication and powers ofpersuasion have ensured the success of theappeal. The grandson of Lord Glentanar, whohad donated the organ to the church in 1954following a chance meeting with the thenorganist, Dr George Thalben-Ball, was alsopresented to the Queen. The Royal couple thenmet groups of donors, including two greatnieces of the six Dixon brothers who served asTemple Church choristers between 1900 and1919, two of whom were killed in the FirstWorld War.

The Temple Church and its organ lookedand sounded as never before.

THE MARTIN JOHN BURR SILVER CABINETSThose of you who have been in Hall sinceEaster will have seen the magnificent silvercabinets which have been erected at the eastend of Hall. They are truly magnificent but

their delivery has been preceded by an overlong gestation period.

The possibility of putting silver cabinets inthe Hall has been a live issue for many years.Master Deby, who was Master of the Silveruntil last year, told me that he proposed themwhen he first was appointed in the early 1990sbut that the proposal was rejected both on thegrounds of cost and of problems withinsurance.

In 2011, the then Treasurer, Master Hallett,and Master Cryan, who has now taken over asMaster of the Silver, resurrected the projectsince modern glass laminating processes havemade see through but safe glass a reality. Thecost however was such that the ExecutiveCommittee did not feel able to justify theadornment of the Hall in the current economiccircumstances.

Then, in September 2012, the Inn wasinformed that a member of the Inn, MartinJohn Burr, who had died earlier in the year, hadleft one sixteenth of his net estate to the Inn.He was, in fact, called to the Bar by the MiddleTemple but subsequently became a memberboth of this Inn and of Lincoln’s Inn.

After a number of visits to the V&A,Fitzwilliam Museum and Goldsmiths’Company to view a variety of cabinets, Master Cryan then visited the potentialmanufacturer of the cabinets, Reier Showcases,at their UK showroom near Greenford todiscuss quality and price and came away with a more realistic quotation such that theBurr legacy would cover three quarters of thecost. The Executive Committee felt able toprovide the balance. We hope that the cabinets

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APPOINTMENT OF LORD AND LADY JUSTICES OF APPEALThe following members have recently been appointed to the Court of Appeal:

Master FloydMaster GlosterMaster SharpMr Justice Vos

APPOINTMENT TO THE HIGH COURTMaster Sue Carr has recently been appointed to the High Court.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

TRINITY ELECTIONS 2013Elections for Governing Benchers will be held during the Trinity term. Members who would like tofind out more about this important role should speak to a Governing Bencher or the Sub-Treasurer,in the first instance. The Inn is particularly keen to receive nominations for members on Circuitoutside of London.

Information is available on the Bencher Elections page of the Members’ Area atwww.innertemple.org.uk or by contacting Jennie Collis on 020 7797 8177 [email protected]

DEADLINE FOR NOMINATIONS OF GOVERNING BENCHERS IS FRIDAY 14 JUNE

are a fitting tribute to Martin Burr for his generosity.

The showcases are of an equivalentspecification to those supplied to theHermitage in St Petersburg as well as theBritish Museum and the V&A. They are fittedwith what is affectionately called “banditproof” glass, are suitably alarmed and theinsurance company is happy. We can thereforehave on permanent display many of the Inn’ssilver treasures, two of which, the Victoriansilver gilt Nefs (ornamental ships), were sodelicate that they were not permitted to bemoved out of the vaults.

Pride of place must go to the Elizabethanmelon cup, perhaps the oldest silver in the Inn,and to the Dutch silver layette basket, datingfrom 1645, which is frequently loaned forexhibitions of distinctive silverware.

If you haven’t seen them, come into Halland have a look, preferablyin the evening when theyare lit up.

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Above: Her Majesty The Queen signing theilluminated documents to commemorate theservice of rededication and, below, being presentedwith flowers by Ursula Hall.


Above: Meeting James Vivian, Liz Clarke and Head Chorister, Daniel Traves

Left: Meeting Master May, Lady May and Penny Jonas.

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THE INNER TEMPLE GARDEN PARTY

THURSDAY 11 JULY 20136.00pm-9.30pm

Members and their Guests: £44.00 each Students: £37.50Food and drink included in the ticket price

To book: tickets are available from the Inner Temple Treasury Office [email protected]

or 020 7797 8183 or www.innertemple.org.uk

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GORBODUC28 & 29 APRIL

Royal politics and drama came together in thissplendid collaboration between the education branchof the Globe Theatre, Read Not Dead, and the InnerTemple in a dramatised reading by students, barristersand Benchers and an outstanding Globe professional,Rebecca Todd.

Gorboduc was the first known blank verse drama,written in 1561 well before Shakespeare made thatform indisputably his own. The authors, ThomasNorton and Thomas Sackville were both members ofthe Inner Temple and wrote the play with a clear viewof the dramatic and interpretive skills of their fellowlawyers. It was originally an entertainment performedbefore Queen Elizabeth at Whitehall in January 1562and its macabre plot potentially a disguised warning, ifsovereigns heed not the good advice tendered bytheir faithful if loquacious advisers. Death and familymayhem was the consequence, set out at length. Sovery long speeches and a tremendous test forcontemporary members of the Inn, less accustomedto advocacy of a more expansive age.

We were fortunate to have been directed soeffectively by Oliver Senton, who has been connectedwith the Globe for 20 years and who achieved aminor miracle with his players. The project wasbrought about and overseen by the Director of GlobeEducation, Patrick Spottiswoode, who paid a verywarm tribute to the excellent cooperation he had hadwith Henrietta Amodio and others in the Inn. MasterShields summed up in style, putting the piece inhistorical perspective. The rehearsal period hadincluded a very valuable verse speaking workshop

conducted by Abigail Anderson, Director. Fortunatelyby the time Shakespeare was writing, crisp dialoguewas more in fashion. Plainly this was a very happy cooperative exercise which must be repeatedand much enthusiastic talk suggests that that will be possible.

All we can report is that we all did our best andthis macabre and eloquent story seemed to pleaseour audience, no doubt much assisted by the scholarlyprogramme and some charming musical mobileaccompaniment. The largely young cast performedwith much attack and enthusiasm and it would beinvidious to pick out any of them. But we are proudto report that they included many of the leading lightsof the present Inner Temple Drama Society, who havebecome particularly innovative and deserve evenmore support.

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WARSAWADVOCACY VISIT12-14 APRIL

The Inner Temple wasdelighted to accept aninvitation from the BritishLaw Centre in Poland to visitWarsaw for a training

weekend on 12-14 April. The purpose of thevisit was to strengthen further our links withlegal jurisdictions in the Central and EasternEuropean region, to provide opportunitiesfor local students and Bar members topractice examination in chief and crossexamination with guidance from leadingadvocacy trainers and for them to understandbetter the work of an advocate operating inan adversarial legal system.

The expert team, comprising MasterJoanna Korner (Circuit Judge, SnaresbrookCrown Court), Master Simon O’Toole (5Pump Court), Martin Griffiths QC (EssexCourt Chambers) and Leslie Thomas(Garden Court Chambers), arrived at theUniversity of Warsaw Law Faculty on Fridayafternoon where they were greeted by animpressive audience of over 200 students,academics and lawyers. After an introductionby the Dean of the Law Faculty and abriefing on the Inner Temple by MasterO’Toole, Master Korner led an interactivelecture on the art of advocacy with

contributions on examination in chief by LeslieThomas and cross examination by MartinGriffiths QC.

The audience engaged, the team thendemonstrated a criminal trial on a theft offencein full “costume”. Master O’Tooleconvincingly played the role of the defendant,put through his paces by Leslie Thomas asprosecuting counsel. Master Korner presidedand invited the somewhat bloated jury of 200to give their verdict, leaving Martin GriffithsQC triumphant in his role as defence counsel.

JENNIE COLLIS

From left to right: Leslie Thomas (Garden Court

Chambers) , Bartlomiej Jankowski (Warsaw Bar),

Denise Ashmore (British Law Centre), His Excellency

Robin Barnett (British Ambassador to Warsaw), Master

Joanna Korner, Martin Griffiths QC (Essex Court

Chambers), Master Simon O’Toole (5 Pump Court).

Leslie Thomas (Garden

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THE CENTRALAND EASTERNEUROPEAN MOOTCOMPETITION

The Semi-finals and Finals of this contesttook place in Brno, in the CzechRepublic, on April 27 and 28. The event

has been running for some years; I understand itwas the brainchild of George Dobry,distinguished planning lawyer and sometimeCircuit Judge (still enjoying dinners at theGarrick Club in his mid-nineties), and wasenergetically supported by Lord Slynn, whosewidow Odile was much fêted at this year’s event.

I don’t think the Inn has been involvedbefore this year; I understand from the Sub-Treasurer that Master Beringer put us onto it. Iwent out to take part in the judging. Sophie camewith me, and the Sub-Treasurer was there too aswas Adelina Brad from Bucharest, who did somuch to make the Inn’s Romania adventure – aseminar and a mock trial – such a success lastyear. The contest took the form of a moot onquite a complex EU law issue, conductedentirely in English. Teams of students frommany States in central and eastern Europe tookpart, by no means limited to Member States ofthe EU: Russia, Belarus and Georgia were allrepresented – indeed the Georgian team (who Iunderstand have a noble reputation for thevigour of their partying at these events) camesecond.

The students had to argue a series of difficultlegal issues in a language not their own. In thefinal, at which the panel of judges was admirablychaired by the British Advocate General atLuxembourg, Eleanor Sharpston, the competingteams were pressed quite hard with questionsfrom Eleanor and me: much as an advocatemight be tested in an English court. Theircommand of English was, to be frank, humbling.Their ability to grapple with the law wasimpressive as well.

I think the Inn is enriched by taking part inevents like this. Links between our ancientinstitution and the future lawyers of Statesemerging from oppressive regimes can only be tothe benefit of both; and I hope we will welcomeincreasing numbers of Inner Temple studentsfrom central and eastern Europe.

The sliwowicz was excellent.

Our thanks go to the University of Warsaw foraccommodating the evening session and tolecturers of the British Law Centre for playingenthusiastic witnesses in the demonstration.

On Saturday, the activities relocated to thesplendid surroundings of the Warsaw BarAssociation residence. Our team worked with70 local lawyers, holding case analysis sessionsin the morning followed by smaller groupsessions later in the day which encouraged eachparticipant to conduct their own witnesshandling in the same trial as was simulated theday before.

A successful weekend completed, the InnerTemple delegation were invited to dine at atraditional Polish restaurant, hosted by theWarsaw Bar. They were joined by the BritishAmbassador to Warsaw, His Excellency RobinBarnett, who re-affirmed the importance of theInn’s international work and urged us tocontinue to build excellent relationships in thisregion for mutual benefit.

The Inn would like to thank its membersfor their invaluable contribution of time andexpertise, the British Law Centre (with specialmention to its Director, Denise Ashmore, forher organisational efforts) and to the WarsawBar, led on this initiative by BartlomiejJankowski (co-founding Partner of JSLegal).

MASTER LAWS

Martin Griffiths QC

(Essex Court Chambers).


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CONTACT INFORMATION

EDUCATION & TRAINING DEPARTMENT

THANK YOU!The Education & Training Department wouldlike to thank all the members who haveorganised, taught at or participated in the hugevariety of events and activities we haveundertaken this academic year. We greatlyappreciate you giving up your days, eveningsand weekends to help – your support is

invaluable. We look forward to seeing you atthe remaining events this term.

If you are a member who would like tovolunteer to help with E&T activities, pleasesee our Guide to Volunteering Opportunitiesin the Members’ section on the website orrequest a copy from the E&T Department.

The Inn runs four large university eveningpresentations annually in London (24 October2013), Bristol (30 October 2013), Cambridge(17 October 2013) and Oxford (22 October2013) for university students in the area.

In addition, other receptions on circuit arebeing organised. These events will bring local

practitioners together with university studentsin the area in order to inform them aboutcareers at the Bar in an informal atmosphere. If you are interested in helping out atreceptions in your local area, please contactAnthony Dursi.

UNIVERSITY AND REGIONAL RECEPTIONS

This scheme gives students a chance to practisetheir interview technique in front of establishedbarristers prior to their ‘real’ pupillageinterview. The scheme is very popular, andstudent feedback is consistently extremelypositive. As the pupillage interview season is in

full swing, the scheme needs more volunteers.The time commitment is flexible but is usuallyaround 1–3 hours per year. For moreinformation, or if you would like to volunteer,please contact Amy Mason.

MOCK INTERVIEW SCHEME – VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

The day culminated in visitsto chambers, which gave thestudents an excellent insightinto life as a barrister as wellas an opportunity to talk tomembers of chambers, clerksand Practice Managers.

The E&T Departmentwould like to thank everyonewho participated, in particular Simon O’Toole (5 PumpCourt) who leads the Project,as well as Angela Chilese(Government Legal Service),Daniel Dyal (CloistersChambers), Jane Evans-Gordon (New SquareChambers), Francis

Fitzpatrick (11 New Square), David Mitchell(Ely Place), Greg Perrins (1 Paper Buildings),Tamsin Stubbing (Ministry of Justice), RahulVarma (Lamb Chambers) and Amy Knight(Pupil, Arden Chambers)

Thank you also to the chambers whokindly agreed to host a group of students forthe session – Blackstone Chambers, One Crown Office Row, 3 Temple Gardensand Brick Court Chambers.

Our next schools project events are on the afternoons of 8 and 22 November. We rely on the support of members for the project,and would be grateful for any additionalvolunteers. If you are interested in volunteeringfor any of our schools project events, pleasecontact Amy Mason.

INNER TEMPLE SCHOOLS PROJECT

On 15 April 2013, the Inn hosted an Open Dayfor non-London school students participatingin the national Pathways to Law programme.Pathways to Law is aimed at high-achievingstate school students with no family history ofhigher education, and supports them through atwo year legal programme in conjunction withleading law faculties. Over sixty year-13students who are on the Pathways programmesat the Universities of Bristol, Leeds,Manchester, Southampton and Warwick wereall welcomed to the Inn for a day learningmore about the Bar and a career as a barrister.

The event consisted of presentations ontraining for the Bar, a panel discussion on lifeas a barrister in different practice areas andgroup case law and plea in mitigation exercises.

If you have secured pupillage please rememberto register your pupillage with the BarStandards Board and also the E&T Department

at the Inn. Please visit the Inner Templewebsite or contact David Miller for furtherinformation and a Pupillage registration form.

CALLING ALL NEW PUPILS!


Plea in mitigationexercise


FOR EDUCATION & TRAINING CONTACT

INFORMATION SEE PAGE 11

The Inn makes a small number of awards eachyear for the purposes of enabling students andnewly qualified barristers to pursue projectsthat will widen their experience of the worldoutside the Bar and thereby enhance the skillsthat they can, thereafter, bring to their practice.Although any project meeting these criteria willbe considered, preference will generally be

given to projects with an international elementand/or which involve an element of unpaid orlow paid work for the community.

In the last academic year, we havesupported 16 internship projects. One of ourstudent members, Sanjay Roy undertook aninternship in Houston, Texas, USA and hasshared his experience below.

INTERNSHIP AWARD REPORTS

SANJAY ROYI completed my internship at the Law Office ofAmy Martin through Amicus in Houston,Texas, USA. Houston is a vibrant and livelycity that is a multicultural melting pot where inone small strip one may run into friendlylocals, splendid Tex-Mex food and homelesspersons asking for change or a cigarette.Houston is truly a wonderful city where I wastold there are two seasons: summer andJanuary. Fortunately my internship lasted untilthe end of December and therefore I did notget to experience the fuss caused by January!

Necrophiliacs, drug dealers and witchdoctors are just some of our clients who havebeen charged with capital murder and who havebeen caught up in the mess that is the Texascriminal justice system. Houston, we have aproblem. These are people who have committedhorrific crimes with fatal and tragicconsequences. Most of our clients had eitheradmitted in confidence that they had committedthe murder or had a significant part to play init. However, the thought of spending the rest oftheir lives in prison, the prison conditionsthemselves and the mental illnesses they have orhave gained as a result of being in prison, givesthem a mind-set of going to trial to try andprove their innocence. My role was to helpAmy Martin mitigate on behalf of our clients inorder to give them the best sentence possible. Inmost cases the only choices are life withoutimprisonment (LWOP) if our client admits toguilt without having to go to trial or the deathpenalty should our client be found guilty attrial.

This is where I experienced the absurdity ofit all. The US elections took place in the middleof my internship and many of the deals thatwere on the table were dependent on which

judge was elected and which District Attorneywas in office. Election fever had taken over theUS and its effect was being felt greatly by ourclients and the Texas justice system. Thestrategic nature of length/type of punishmentmakes the criminal justice system arbitrary andcontrary to principles of justice

Many of our clients have been put throughthe state’s Child Protective Services and havebeen the victims of systematic sexual/violentabuse throughout their childhood which playeda significant part in why they had becomeviolent. The irony now is that the state of Texaswants death for those it was responsible forlooking after.

There were two clear highlights of my timeduring my internship. The first involvedpersuading a client who was facing the deathpenalty to take an LWOP plea (he had admittedhis role in the murder and subsequent rape ofan 85 year old woman and the DNA evidencewas conclusive). If the matter had gone to trialand he had inevitably been found guilty, hewould have been sentenced to the death penalty.

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EDUCATION & TRAINING DEPARTMENT

INNER TEMPLE MOOTING SUCCESSMatthew Sellwood, who is a member of InnerTemple and a current BPTC student at City LawSchool, recently served as Senior Counsel for theUnited Kingdom at the Commonwealth MootingCompetition. The competition, held in CapeTown in April 2013, was part of theCommonwealth Lawyers’ Association bi-annualconference and featured the best teams from eachregion of the Commonwealth.

Matthew qualified with his junior counsel,fellow City Law School BPTC student DanieleSelmi, by winning the English SpeakingUnion/Essex Court Chambers National MootingCompetition in 2012 whilst representing OxfordBrookes University. As a result, both were askedto represent the United Kingdom against teamsfrom Australia, Canada, India, Kenya, Namibia,and Sri Lanka. Accommodation and meals wereprovided for all teams by the CommonwealthLegal Education Association, which also took thelead in organising the competition.

The moot was based around a fact patternconcerning the legality of unsafeguarded nuclearenergy programmes and the detention of foreignnationals on espionage charges. Each teammooted twice in the General Round, allowingthem to appear as both Applicants andRespondents in front of panels of three judges.The United Kingdom got off to a slow start,losing their General Round moots to Namibiaand India. Their losses were narrow enough,however, that they still qualified for the semi-finals in fourth place due to their aggregate pointstotal, along with India, Australia and Canada.

Matthew was also named the third best overalladvocate over the two General Round moots.

In the semi-final, the United Kingdom teammet India again, and this time they learnt fromtheir previous mistakes and progressed to thefinal, held on the afternoon of the same day.There, they met the Australian team, who wereboth students at the University of Adelaide andhad also qualified for the Commonwealth Mootby winning a domestic competition. The finalwas held before a panel of three Chief Justices,chaired by Chief Justice Archie of Trinidad &Tobago and also including Chief Justice Elias ofNew Zealand and Chief Justice Gardner of theFalkland Islands.

In front of a large audience in Cape Town'sInternational Convention Centre, the closelyfought moot ended with the United Kingdomwinning the Commonwealth Mooting title, andwith Daniele Selmi being named as the bestadvocate in the final round. They each won £500worth of LexisNexis products as well as havingthe honour of being presented with theCommonwealth Shield by the President of theCommonwealth Lawyers’ Association at theconference's closing ceremony.

Matthew was financially supported by InnerTemple in his travel to Cape Town, along with acontribution from City Law School. He iscurrently also serving as the organiser of theLawson Moot Competition at Inner Temple, andis a recipient of an Inner Temple ExhibitionAward for both the GDL and BPTC.

The second highlight was to assist an expertfrom Pakistan in dealing with a client whobelieved he was possessed by an evil spirit thatcaused him to shoot and murder his threeyoung children. Most of my dealings with thisparticular client just so happened to have beenconducted over Halloween! As a result of mywork on this matter, I will be travelling toPakistan in late 2013 to help Reprieve on similaranti-death penalty work.

The Defence team included some of themost hard-working, dedicated and tenacious

lawyers I have ever had the pleasure of workingwith. I was given complete autonomy and wasallowed to help with any of the cases in anyway I thought was beneficial. This could rangefrom visiting clients in jail, contacting/visitingwitnesses, drafting various documents, workingwith our personal investigator and makingsubmissions in court. In particular I would liketo thank Amy Martin, Robert Morrow, LaineLynsey, Laura Lawhon and Dr Durre Ahmedfor all their guidance and help throughout mytime in Houston.


The final student residential weekend of thisacademic year was held in March on the topicof Stalking Law Reform. The weekend focusedon the implications of legal reform for victimsof stalking and the professional bodiesinvolved. Those attending heard from a widerange of speakers, some of whom wereinvolved in bringing about the reforms,including: Rt Hon Elfyn Llwyd MP, AlexisBowater (Chief Executive, Network for

Surviving Stalking), Tim Lawson-Cruttenden(Lawson-Cruttenden & Co), Professor CarstenMaple (Director, National Centre forCyberstalking Research), Kristiana Wrixon(Helpline Manager of the National StalkingHelpline) and, via video, Assistant ChiefConstable Garry Shewan (Greater ManchesterPolice). Our particular thanks go to MasterJudith Hughes, Paul Infield and Kathryn ArnotDrummond, who organised the weekend.

STUDENTRESIDENTIALWEEKENDS

In April, the E&T Department held the first ofits two annual Advocacy and Ethics weekendsfor New Practitioners. The weekend wasaccredited for 17 CPD hours including ninehours of advocacy training and three hours ofethics training and was attended by 40 juniorbarristers. The course allowed NPs theopportunity to cross examine real expert

medical witnesses and to tackle a series ofhypothetical ethical problems with theassistance of real solicitors. We were privilegedto have Master Reader give the after-dinnerspeech on the Saturday night. The E&TDepartment would like to thank all thoseadvocacy trainers who gave up their weekendto help.

Saturday Morning Panel Speakers; Professor CarstenMaple, Kristiana Wrixon, Paul Infield, Alexis Bowater,Tim Lawson-Cruttenden (L-R)

APRIL NEW PRACTITIONERS’ADVOCACY & ETHICS WEEKEND

We are very grateful to Master Simon Davisand his wife Caroline for once again donating£1000 for an Advocacy Prize to be awarded topupils demonstrating the best advocacy skillson the Inn’s pupils’ advocacy courses. A prizeof £500 is awarded to a pupil following each

Pupils’ Advocacy Weekend and a mock trialfinal. Congratulations to Harry Adamson whowon the prize following the Novemberweekend and to Helen Pooley who won theprize following the January weekend.

ADVOCACY PRIZE FOR PUPILS




THE INNER TEMPLEDRAMA SOCIETY

The Inner Temple Drama Society has had avery successful year so far. We started ourseason with a traditional pantomime -Cinderella. Having sold out both nights therewas a great deal of pressure on the productionteam to put on a great show. Having rewrittenan original script and composed an originalscore we knew that the show would besomething the audience hadn’t seen before.Our wonderful cast of students, barristers,Benchers, and bells, along with a live band, put on a show that we will struggle to top this year. The audience got into the truepantomime spirit - joining in with the songs,getting up on stage, and resisting the charms of our Ugly Sisters.

Not content with the pantomime though,Society members were flung headlong into theGlobe’s production of Gorboduc. Part of theirRead not Dead series, the production wasaccompanied by two seminars explaining thehistory of the play which was first performedin 1562 for Queen Elizabeth I in Inner TempleHall by members of the Inn. Written by twoInner Templars, Norton and Sackville,Gorboduc was the first English tragedy and thefirst English play in blank verse. This was afantastic experience for the students asked toparticipate and once again the venue was soldout. The production was directed by thefantastic Oliver Senton and introduced byPatrick Spottiswoode – the founding Directorof Globe Education.



Drama Society performing Cinderella

We will strive to sustain our successful streakwith our summer show of George BernardShaw’s Pygmalion. The performance will be heldin Church Court (if the British summer permits)on the 22 and 23 July. Tickets are on sale now atinnertempledrama.com. We are determined thatthis will be our greatest show yet, so make sureyou secure your ticket early.


SATURDAYOPENINGOPENING HOURS 10AM TO 5PMJUNE – SEPTEMBER 2013

JUNE1 June Middle Temple

8 June Gray’s Inn

15 June Inner Temple

22 June Lincoln’s Inn

29 June Middle Temple

JULY6 July Gray’s Inn

13 July Inner Temple

20 July Lincoln’s Inn

27 July Middle Temple

AUGUSTClosed

SEPTEMBER28 September Gray’s Inn

LIBRARYNEWS

Tours for new students will take place inSeptember and will be advertised on theLibrary website and via the BPTC providers.

The new edition of Law Reports & JournalsCurrently Received by the four Inn Libraries isavailable in the Library and on the website. This edition also includes a summary of thesubscription-based online services available in each Library.

STUDENT TOURS

PUBLICATIONS

VISITORSRecent visitors to the Library have includedstaff from the Supreme Court Library, KaplanLaw School and Kaplan Holborn College.

www.innertemplelibrary.org.uk


IT’S A MAN’S WORLD

After talking to a number of visitorsto the Garden in recent weeks itstruck me how appreciation of itscontents is equally divided

between the sexes: 99% of men compliment thelush green of the lawn while their femalepartners always comment on the colour schemesin the borders. This observation made me realisethat I am a prime example of such stereo-typing,having spent much of my horticultural lifeconcentrating on plant choices and theirpositioning before paying any attention to the state of the lawn. It also made me wonder whether lawns are just a ‘man’ thing,the reason why I cannot recall ever having met a grounds-woman.

However, since arriving in the InnerTemple, I have come to realise that a well-keptlawn is as important to the whole effect of agarden as finely-nurtured flower beds, and Ihave also come to appreciate how much effortis involved in ensuring that it is in the best ofhealth. Indeed, a lawn requires the same levelof care as the most intricately plantedherbaceous border.

The weather, particularly the temperature,dictates the pattern of our turf maintenanceschedule, and it usually isn’t warm enough forus to start the process until the end ofFebruary, initially tackling the most worn areasby hand. These patches are scarified with aspringbok rake and the compacted areas spikedwith a garden fork, after which a sandy top-dressing is applied to improve drainagefollowed by sowing grass seeds, and the areasare then covered with netting to prevent the

resident pigeons undoing all our work. It isonly after this six-week stretch of manuallyraking and spiking over 1000 square metres,shifting 6 tonnes of dressing, sowing over 25kgof seed and pegging down great swathes ofnetting that we are able to deploy somemotorised machinery to tackle the lessdamaged areas.

At this stage I am known to voice theopinion that astro-turf has much torecommend it, but then the seeds germinate,the netting comes off and the fresh growth ofthe grass adds an extra dimension to theburgeoning colour in the surrounding bordersand the filling canopies of the trees above it. Alawn is not just a stretch of colour, but avibrant part of the natural world, as sensitive tothe same environmental variables as a beautifulflower and deserving the same respect.

My better understanding of caring for alawn has had the annoying side-effect ofinterrupting my enjoyment of Wimbledon,wincing as Andy Murray’s feet scrape anotherdozen plants off the Wimbledon turf, so that Imiss his winning ace. It has also made meappreciate what the grounds-men of sucharenas achieve, but it hasn’t made me changemy view that lawn-care isn’t going to become afemale preserve any time soon.

ANDREA BRUNSENDORFHEAD GARDENER

Job done


THETEMPLE CHURCHMAIN EVENTS2013

JUNE 2013

Mon 3 June, 6.00 p.m.

BOOK LAUNCHISLAM AND ENGLISH LAWEdited by Robin Griffith-Jones (CambridgeUniversity Press, 2013). Based on thefoundational public discussions in the RoyalCourts of Justice and the Temple Church,Islam and English Law. Panel Discussion withMaster Rowan Williams and others. CPD –accreditation applied for.

Sun 9 June, 11.15 a.m.

CHORAL MATTINSFollowed by Congregational Drinks Receptionin the Round or the Master’s Garden. To bookplease contact Catherine de Satgé, 020 73538559 or [email protected]

Wed 12 June, 5.45 p.m.

CHORAL EVENSONGIn Celebration of the Inns’ Amity and inHonour of Magna Carta (15 June 1215).Speaker: The Rt Hon. The Lord Judge ofDraycote, ‘Magna Carta’. Amity Dinner tofollow in Middle Temple.


ORGAN RECITALJames Vivian (Temple Church). Part of the City of London Festival.


CHORAL EVENSONGThe Nativity of St John the Baptist. Followed by drinks in the Round or theMaster’s Garden.

JULY 2013

Mon 1 July, 1.15 p.m.

ORGAN RECITALStephen Cleobury (King’s College, Cambridge). Part of the City of London Festival.

Mon 8 July, 1.15 p.m.

ORGAN RECITALGreg Morris (Temple Church). Part of the City of London Festival.

Sun 28 July, 11.15 a.m.

BAPTISM, CONFIRMATION ANDCHORAL COMMUNIONLast Service of the Legal Year. President andPreacher: The Bishop of London. Followed by a Family Barbecue in ChurchCourt. To book for the barbecue, pleasecontact Catherine de Satgé, 020 7353 8559 or [email protected]

Monday 24 June

1.15-1.45p.m. Admission Free

JAMES VIVIANDirector of Music, Temple Church

Monday 1 July


STEPHEN CLEOBURYDirector of Music, King’s College, Cambridge

Monday 8 July


GREG MORRISAssociate OrganistTemple Church

ContactCatherine de Satgé[email protected] 020 7353 8559www.templechurch.com

ORGAN RECITALSAT THE TEMPLECHURCHAS PART OF THE CITY OF LONDON FESTIVAL

STAFF NEWS

ROY BEAMANThe Estates Departmentwelcomed Roy on 29 April asa fully qualifiedPlumber/Heating Engineer asa replacement for AnthonyPanteli, who left us last year.Roy has previously had avariety of self-employed andemployed roles, working onother prestigious sites such asthe London Stock Exchangeand UCL, as well as anumber of hospitals. Roy is akeen Arsenal fan and has adaughter pursuing a career inperforming arts.

TIM O’BRIEN joined theEstates Department on 13 May as a qualifiedElectrician, replacing NickSalt, who left us last year.Tim has joined us fromImperial College HospitalTrust, where he has workedsince 2005. Tim is also a keenArsenal supporter, butreckons that is more stressfulthan working!

JARED BARKLAjoins the Inn as a Supervisor.He has a wealth ofexperience in bars andrestaurants, such as The Hinds Head at Bray.Jared has a keen interest inthe theatre and sport. Wewelcome him to the Team!

JAMES LARKINIt is with sadness that wereport the death of JamesLarkin, former Head Porterof the Inner Temple. His funeral took place on 24 May.


ROD CUNLIFFEA memorial service for Rod Cunliffe will take place in the TempleChurch on Wednesday 19 June at 1.15pm and will be followed by areception in the Parliament Chamber.

SMITHFIELD HOUSE BAR NURSERYThe Bar Council in partnership with SmithfieldHouse Children’s Nursery recently launched theBar Nursery at Smithfield House.

Located close to the Old Bailey, inSmithfield Market it offers flexible childcarefacilities near the Inns of Court and specialrates for all members of the Bar, chambers staffand Bar Council employees. Open to childrenaged eight weeks to five years between 7am and7pm, five days a week, the long opening hoursare designed to help those whose practiceinvolves extensive travel to appear in courts allover the country.

The nursery offers flexible full-time andpart-time day childcare packages, andimportantly also emergency packages to caterfor those who face unexpected problems withtheir existing childcare or who are listed atshort-notice in court in central London.

More informationCall 020 3556 1594Email [email protected] www.barcouncil.org.uk


DIARYTRINITY TERM 2013

JUNE3 Hall Opens

4 Trinity Term Law Sittings Begin

5 Books Sub-Committee

7-9 New Practitioners’ Residential Weekend

9 London Open Garden Square Weekend

11-12 Internship Awards Interviews

12 Library Committee

Choral Evensong, Temple Church:

To Celebrate the Inns’ Amity

Amity Dinner at Middle Temple

16 Prospective Students’ Question and

Answer Day

17 Bar Liaison Committee

18 Executive Committee

19 Council of the Inns of Court (LI)

20 Garden Opera: La Traviata

21-22 CPE Scholarship Interviews

24 Choral Evensong, Temple Church:

Birth of John the Baptist

Advocacy Dinner

25 Church Committee

Pegasus Scholarship Trust

26 Private Guest Night

JULY2 Estates Committee

3 Qualifying Sessions Sub-Committee

11 Summer Party

16 Education & Training Committee

17 Council of the Inns of Court (MT)

Pension Scheme Trustees

18 Bench Table Proposal Day

21 Temple Family Picnic (IT Garden)

22 Bar Liaison Committee

Drama Society Performance

23 Executive Committee

Drama Society Performance

24 Investment Sub-Committee

25 Trinity Term Call Night

28 Last Service of the Legal Year :

Choral Communion followed by

Family Barbecue

31 Hall Closes

Trinity Term Law Sittings End

SEPTEMBER9 Hall Opens

EVENTS CONTACTSCatherine Gallagher 020 7797 8250

[email protected]

Kerry Upham 020 7797 8213

[email protected]

Jacqueline Fenton (Mon-Wed)

Iroda Asqarova (Thurs-Fri)

020 7797 8241

[email protected]

Catherine de Satgé 020 7353 8559

[email protected]

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

Drawing Room, or contact Catherine Gallagher

, Call Nights: contact Kerry Upham

, All other Dining Nights and Term Sunday Lunches:

sign in the Book in the Drawing Room, or

contact Catherine Gallagher

MEMBERS OF HALL: , Private Guest Nights: Catherine Gallagher

, Call Nights: Kerry Upham

, All other Dining Nights and Term Sunday Lunches:

[email protected] or

www.innerqualifyingsessions.org.uk

, All special dinners: Catherine Gallagher

STUDENTS:, Book via www.innerqualifyingsessions.org.uk

Key

n Term Dinners

n Bencher only Events

n Special Events

CONTACTSTreasury Office 020 7797 8250

For general enquiries and parking permitsHenrietta Amodio 020 7797 8181Head of Treasury Office [email protected] Harper 020 7797 8182Assistant to Head of Treasury Office [email protected] Gallagher 020 7797 8183Events and Administration Assistant [email protected] Hodgson 020 7797 8206Membership Registrar [email protected] Fenton (Mon-Wed) 020 7797 8241Membership and Records Assistant [email protected] Asqarova (Thurs-Fri) 020 7797 8241Receptionist and Office Assistant [email protected] Pilkington 020 7797 8251Archivist [email protected]

Wednesday 26 June6:45pm

The Temple Church£20, £15, £10

The Holst SingersStephen Layton, conductor

Fauré Cantique de Jean RacinePoulenc Un Soir de NeigeFauré Requiem

Tuesday 9 July6:45pm

The Temple Church£20, £15, £10

The Choirmen of The Temple Church

Transports of DelightA light-hearted voyage around transportand places, from Manhattan toScarborough, in the company of Flandersand Swann, Thomas Weelkes, Lennon andMcCartney and many more. Please dobring a picnic and join us after the concertin the beautiful Church Court.

Temple Music concerts

Booking Information

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

By post: send your ticket requests to:TMFLower Ground Floor2 King’s Bench WalkTempleLondonEC4Y 7DE

CHARITY AND ALUMNI EVENTSAT INNER TEMPLE

With charities and old school networks always looking for a London basewhy not suggest they use us, your own Inn, for their next event? Meetings,

receptions and dinners all catered to and if you are raising money for acharity auction we’ll even help with a bottle of bubbles for the raffle!

With a central London location, 7 day a week hire options and room hire discounts for members and local Chambers, the

Inner Temple’s rooms could be exactly what you need.

For more information contact the catering office visit www.innertemplecatering.org.uk/rooms

email [email protected] or call 020 7797 8230

TEMPLEFAMILY PICNIC

SUNDAY 21 JULY 2013 1PM-4PM IN INNER TEMPLE GARDEN

DETAILS: CHILD TICKET: £11 ADULT TICKET: £21TICKET PRICE INCLUDES FOOD & DRINK

TO BOOK: TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE FROM THE TREASURY OFFICE on 020 7797 8250

or [email protected] or www.innertemple.org.uk

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