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THE TEMPLE WELCOME

INNER TEMPLE LANE FLEET STREET Contacts Welcome to this third edition of the 1 BURNTON BUILDINGS GOLDSMITH BUILDING Middle Temple Members’ Guide, which 1A -1B 2 4 MIDDLE TEMPLE LANE i General Enquiries we have created to give you an overview 3 The Treasury Office of the services and facilities available to HARE COURT Ashley Building you as a Member, and to help you make TEMPLE CHURCH Middle Temple Lane the very most of what the Inn has to offer. London 4 BRICK CLOISTERS COURT Whether your interests lie in sponsoring 4A ESSEXi COURT5 ESSEX EC4Y 9BT PUMP COURT 9 DEVEREUXi COURT COURT T: 020 7427 4800 a student, hosting an event in our historic ESSEX COURT BRICK COURT CAR PARK buildings, dining with us, staying in our INNER TEMPLE F: 020 7427 4801 HALL

PUMP COURT E: [email protected] overnight accommodation, joining our i 1 BRICK ELM COURT W: www.middletemple.org.uk fundraising programmes or one of our COURT LAMB 1 ESSEX BUILDING societies, or just obtaining contact details NEW COURT DEVEREUX CHAMBERSCOURT Estates for our departments, we hope you will find CROWN OFFICE ROW FOUNTAIN COURT T: 020 7427 4840 this Guide useful. CARPMAEL

BUILDING i TUDOR STREET GATE E: [email protected] 35 ESSEX ST MIDDLE TEMPLE HALL If you are yet to become a Member, do FOUNTAIN COURT PLOWDEN Events use this Guide to get a sense of what the BUILDINGS GARDEN COURT T: 020 7427 4820 Inn offers you. Details of how to join are MIDDLE TEMPLE LANE HARCOURT BUILDINGS E: [email protected] just inside the back page.

THE ASHLEY BUILDING AND LIBRARY Finance And if you are already a Member, we would BLACKSTONE HOUSE T: 020 7427 4800 very much like to hear from you; we actively E: [email protected] welcome your views on this publication and on anything relating to our activities at QUEEN ELIZABETH BUILDING 1&2 TEMPLE Middle Temple. Also, do feel free to get in GARDENS Library T: 020 7427 4830 touch with us, if we can be of any assistance. TE MPLE E: [email protected] P 3 TEMPLE L GARDENS A C E Security (24 hours)

QEB CAR T: 020 7797 7768 PARK E: [email protected] MIDDLE TEMPLE GARDEN i

MIDDLE TEMPLE Temple Church EMBANKMENT GATE T: 020 7353 8559 Guy Perricone INNER TEMPLE E: [email protected] Under Treasurer

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CONTENTS

Introduction Page History, Architecture and Gardens Page Introducing Middle Temple 5 Middle Temple Hall 25 An Overview of Benefits for Members 7 Bench Apartments 26 Middle Temple Gardens 27 Famous People and Treasures 28 The Temple and the Magna Carta 29 Temple Church 30

Speciﬁc Beneﬁts and Page Joining and Information Page Today’s Middle Temple How to become a Member 32 Events & Dining 11 Useful Information Inside cover Your Career 13 Associations 15 Accommodation 19 Scholarship Fund Appeal 22 Hall Committee 23 CE 4140 Booklet make-up v6:Layout 1 9/10/14 4:00 PM Page 6

INTRODUCTION

What follows is an introduction of two parts: to the Inn itself, and to the benefits of Membership. We trust it will be eye- opening and supportive – and enable you to make the very most of being a Middle Templar.

INTRODUCING MIDDLE TEMPLE

One of the four Inns of Court thousand members in the UK and across the world, we are also an active Middle Temple is one of the four Inns of worldwide network with much to offer Court in London that serve as the those who are part of our society. professional associations for barristers in England and Wales. Several centuries We constantly seek new avenues through ago, the Inns were buildings or precincts which to interest and engage with our where barristers traditionally lodged, Members and to widen opportunities for trained and carried on their profession. In public engagement: from taking part in time, these have reduced in number to the BBC’s Masterchef, to hosting the the present four, the other three Inns of Belgian International Olympic Court being: Inner Temple, Lincoln’s Inn Committee, and lending our treasured and Gray’s Inn. Molyneux Globes to the British Museum for an exhibition.

Developing a thriving society Members are our raison d’etre Although Middle Temple is steeped in history and tradition, of which we are very Once a Member, we encourage you to proud, today we are a friendly and become actively involved in the Inn and forward-looking Inn. With over ten to make the most of the facilities available CE 4140 Booklet make-up v6:Layout 1 9/10/14 4:00 PM Page 8

to you, whatever your age or seniority, Our founding principles OVERVIEW OF MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS and wherever your career path leads you. Sometimes a gap can grow in the Inn’s The Inn’s estate on the banks of the Thames continuing relationship with its members, was provided by Letters Patent to ‘The We believe that the beneﬁts of being a Career Support especially after initial qualification, and as Honourable Society of the Middle Temple’ Member of Middle Temple are rich and Members move away from London. We in 1608 – on condition that it would always varied. The rest of this Guide explains The Education and Training we offer our hope that this Guide – together with our be used for the joint objectives of and explores these in some depth – as Members, at all stages of their careers, website – can help to narrow such a gap. educating and accommodating those does our website. Here we give you a varies enormously, from residential By engaging in the life and work of the Inn, practising or training in the Law. Over four brief overview of what’s available to weekends, to Pupils’ courses, to whole you can play your part in ensuring that our hundred years later, Middle Temple’s core you as a Member, directing you to CPD days. We offer essay prizes, mooting society has a healthy future for generations purposes are still based on these founding where you can learn more, and competitions, and exchange trips to to come. (See pages 15 and 23.) principles. Namely: highlighting some useful details. faraway places such as Canada and India.

• The education and training of students To learn more about the support we A focus on diversity and inclusivity and barristers (see page 13); and the Events & Dining provide – to students and more senior promotion of diversity and access to the professionals – go to page 13. We always look to ensure that under- Bar by the provision of financial support Our Events team puts on a wide array of represented groups are supported to students and all other means. events for Members and their guests to in their professional development. We enjoy throughout the year in the Associations and Activities interview every scholarship award • The maintenance of the Inn’s estate surroundings of our fabulous Elizabethan applicant. This is possible because of the and its historic heritage (see page 25); Hall, which is also where lunches and As a Member, you have the opportunity dedication of our Members who give their and the provision of professional dinners are served. (See page 10.) to join any of a wide range of Specialist time freely, and who contribute to our accommodation for barristers and Bar Associations (or SBAs). There are also Scholarship Fund Appeal. (See page 22) other facilities in support of the Inn’s To see our calendar of events, please go four ‘Inn Societies’ that give you the core purposes. to: www.middletemple.org.uk/inn- opportunity to become more closely A recent major initiative co-founded in calendar. involved specifically with our own 2011 by our first female Treasurer, Professor • The achievement of the highest activities at Middle Temple. (See page 15.) Dawn Oliver QC, and our former Under standards of advocacy in support of the As a Member, you are entitled to a Treasurer, Catherine Quinn, is the Temple judiciary and the rule of law; the promotion discount on room hire for personal and Also, overleaf we outline how you can Women’s Forum – established to support of the ethos of the Bar; and the chambers events at the Inn. For more become an Ambassador for the Inn. and inspire women at the Bar and in the maintenance of the highest professional details, contact the Events team on Judiciary throughout their careers. standards in the public interest. 020 7427 4820. CE 4140 Booklet make-up v6:Layout 1 9/10/14 4:00 PM Page 10

Accommodation relaxation area on the Gallery floor. For Merchandise An invitation for Ambassadors more details and for opening hours, We offer Members a wide range of during and outside term time, go to: The Treasury Office sells a wide variety of Middle Temple is seeking to recruit accommodation options – whether you are www.middletemple.org.uk/ merchandise, including cufflinks, pens, volunteer representatives around the looking to stay overnight, or for chambers library-and-archive. notebooks, port, wine, accessories, and world who are interested in representing from which to practise by day. For more books; these make either great gifts or the Inn – either within their chambers or details, go to the members’ section of the Members’ Common Room an ideal treat for any Member. For more through the formation of international website or call the Treasury Office on If you are looking for a quiet place to sit details, email: groups situated within their home 020 7427 4800. (Also, see page 19.) and relax, to read or to meet colleagues, [email protected]. regions. If you are interested in getting you can enjoy the common room facilities more involved or would like more of the Prince’s Room. This Common Room information, contact: Facilities, Grounds and Gardens is available to Middle Temple Members [email protected]. and their guests from 9.00am to 12.30pm, Middle Temple Gardens and from 2.30pm to 5.30pm, Monday to Our award-winning gardens are open for Friday during term time. Complimentary everyone to enjoy between the months of tea and coffee is available. May and September from 12.00 to 15.00 and in the summer months we have a BBQ lunch service (closed August). Keeping our community Members are most welcome to enjoy the up-to-date Gardens at other times of the year by purchasing a garden gate key from the We aim to provide all members of Middle Treasury Office for £12. (To learn more Temple, wherever they are in the world, about the Gardens, see page 27 ) with a varied programme of communications, updates, benefits and Middle Temple Library events. The Treasury Office is the first Our Library with its dedicated staff provides point of contact for our members and access to over a quarter of a million works hard to strengthen the relationships volumes of legal material. As well as between the Inn and its worldwide computer terminals, WiFi, photocopying network of members. So if, as a Member, and printing, the Library provides many your contact details change, please let us quiet areas for study and a dedicated know at [email protected]. CE 4140 Booklet make-up v6:Layout 1 9/10/14 4:00 PM Page 12

SPECIFIC BENEFITS AND TODAY’S MIDDLE TEMPLE

Whatever matters most to you – be it socialising and networking with fellow Members, developing your career, or arranging a place at the Inn to stay or to practise – you should find it here.

EVENTS AND DINING

From colourful seasonal gatherings to Seasonal events world-class musical events, our Events team puts on a highly varied calendar You are warmly welcome to the seasonal of events. events we host each year. These include:

Middle Temple boasts first class in-house •A Burns Night in January. caterers who create stylish, imaginative and sumptuous cuisine worthy of a 21st •A Garden Party in July. Also in the century Inn of Court. As well as providing summer, we offer barbecue lunches in our Members with lunches there are also Middle Temple Gardens, with tables on over 60 evening events every year. the terrace, and a popular Pop-up Champagne Bar in Fountain Court.

Private events – venue hire •A Carol Service lunch in December, which takes place after a service in the You can enjoy discounted room hire rates magnificent Temple Church. for private events, chambers and Bar- related occasions. For more information, • The infamous Christmas “Revels” contact the Events team on 020 7427 4820 peformances when Members perform or email: [email protected]. sketches from topical news items. See our dedicated events website: www.middletemplehall.org.uk. CE 4140 Booklet make-up v6:Layout 1 9/10/14 4:00 PM Page 14

Annual events Buying tickets for events YOUR CAREER

Hall is open to Members for dinner for a Please do check the Inn’s website for the variety of evening events throughout the calendar of events. There you can also We are committed to supporting you other Members or in receiving training year. These include: see which events your guests can attend, throughout your legal career; the ways and career guidance yourself, please and get a guide to prices. Alternatively, in which we do that vary enormously. contact our Education Department at: • Music nights. One-off events at which email: [email protected]. Here we touch on four aspects of that [email protected]. musicians perform after dinner. To buy tickets, you can phone the support, before looking at the Treasury Office and pay by card. Associations you can join as a Member; • Guest lectures – where a lecture is Alternatively, you can come into the by doing so, we believe you stand to Education and Training given in Hall by a distinguished guest. Treasury Office and pay. enrich both your personal and for Students professional life. • Circuit Dinner. This event follows CPD For Students Day and enables members to enjoy an Lunch at the Inn The Inn plays a key role in helping evening with colleagues from the The Inn and its students to develop their professional Circuits. In term time, lunch is served in Hall from professional membership identity from the time they are admitted. 12:30 to 14:00, Monday to Friday. • Traditional Dining Nights, which have Members are encouraged to bring guests Call to the Bar should not be seen as the • Qualifying sessions provide an an educational content, and which to lunch with them in Hall. And while end of your connection with Middle induction into the life and ethos of student members attend to gain there is no need to book, we do require Temple, but rather as the beginning of a the Bar. qualifying session points. advance notice of larger groups. life-long relationship. • Residential weekends in Cumberland • All Inn Dining. Ideal opportunities for There is a fantastic range of dishes on There are many ways of getting involved Lodge in Windsor Great Park and in students and their sponsors to meet. offer including a carvery, a salad bar, fish with the Inn. From judging moots or York give students the opportunity to and vegetarian options, a daily chef’s joining committees… to becoming an develop their advocacy skills and to • Annual Dinner. Organised by the Hall special as well as a range of desserts and advocacy trainer or assisting with meet senior members of the profession. Committee with a guest speaker. All cheese. The dress code is business suit, scholarship interviews… to providing Members of the Inn are welcome to court dress or smart casual dress (i.e. advice at a careers fairs or an Open Day… • Our advocacy programme. We run five this event as are guests of members. smart jeans are acceptable, but no shorts to being on standby to support junior two-week courses for pupils (as well as or T-shirts please). members on an ad hoc basis. two shorter versions) every year in the Rutledge Suite, on the third floor of the Whether you’re interested in helping Ashley Building. CE 4140 Booklet make-up v6:Layout 1 9/10/14 4:00 PM Page 16

Ongoing Professional Sponsorship Scheme ASSOCIATIONS Development We encourage interaction between junior Following Call to the Bar, there are members and more experienced Specialist Bar Associations, Bar European Group various opportunities to undertake CPD in practitioners by providing students with Bar Societies & Inn Societies E: [email protected] the course of the year. These include: sponsors to guide them during their W: www.bareuropeangroup.org.uk training at Middle Temple and to explain Specialist Bar Associations (SBAs) are • Guest lectures on a wide variety of how the Inn and the Bar work. dedicated to the interests of groups of Chancery Bar Association subjects, followed by discussion and a barristers within speciﬁc practice areas E: [email protected] reception where guests are able to Sponsors can provide a key link to the and geographical regions. SBAs can W: www.chba.org.uk network. profession: introducing students to the help to promote their members’ customs of the Bar, and advising on interests, for example responding to Commercial Bar Association • Our annual CPD Day which covers applications for pupillage, on drafting a proposals for changes to regulations, E: [email protected] topics of interest to practitioners of all CV, or on what to expect in a pupillage and offering support to their members W: www.combar.com seniority and areas of practice. interview. The Inn’s social events, through networking events and particularly All Inn Dining, are ideal mentoring schemes. Criminal Bar Association • Experienced practitioners can also opportunities for students and their E: [email protected] obtain CPD by providing training and sponsors to meet. Specialist Bar Associations W: www.criminalbar.com lectures. To join our Middle Temple sponsorship Administrative Law Bar Association Employment Law Bar Association programme, please contact our E: [email protected] E: [email protected] Education Department at: W: www.adminlaw.org.uk W: www.elba.org.uk [email protected]. Bar Association for Commerce Finance Family Law Bar Association and Industry: E: [email protected] E: [email protected] W: www.flba.co.uk W: www.bacfi.org The FDA Bar Association for Local Government E: [email protected] and the Public Service: W: www.fda.org.uk E: [email protected] W: www.balgps.org.uk CE 4140 Booklet make-up v6:Layout 1 9/10/14 4:00 PM Page 18

Intellectual Property Bar Association Professional Negligence Bar Other Societies Inn Societies E: [email protected] Association (Opportunities to get more involved with W: www.ipba.co.uk E: [email protected] Bar Golﬁng Society our Middle Temple community) W: www.pnba.co.uk E: [email protected] London Common Law and Commercial W: www.bargolf.org.uk Middle Temple Historical Society (MTHS) * Bar Association Property Bar Association E: [email protected] E: [email protected] E: [email protected] Bar Lawn Tennis Society W: www.lclcba.com W: www.propertybar.org.uk E: [email protected] Middle Temple Students Association (MTSA) Northern Chancery Bar Association Public Access Bar Association Bar Musical Society E: [email protected] E: [email protected] E: [email protected] E: [email protected] W: www.middletemplestudents.com W: www.nchba.co.uk W: www.paba.org.uk W: www.barmusicalsociety.com Middle Temple Young Barristers Northern Circuit Commercial Revenue Bar Association Bar Yacht Club Association (MTYBA) * Bar Association E: [email protected] E: [email protected] E: [email protected] E: [email protected] W: www.revenue-bar.org W: www.baryachtclub.org.uk W: www.nccba.org.uk Revels Technology & Construction BLAGG (Bar Lesbian and Gay Group) E: [email protected] Parliamentary Bar Mess Bar Association W: www.blagg.org E: [email protected] E: [email protected] * You can learn more about these two W: www.tecbar.org CEBA (Commonwealth in England ‘Middle Temple’ Inn Societies on the Personal Injuries Bar Association Barristers’ Association) following pages. E: [email protected] Western Chancery and Commercial E: [email protected] W: www.piba.org.uk Bar Association E: [email protected] Planning and Environmental Bar Association E: [email protected] W: www.peba.org.uk CE 4140 Booklet make-up v6:Layout 1 9/10/14 4:00 PM Page 20

Associations at Middle Temple Middle Temple Historical ACCOMMODATION Society (MTHS) Here we focus on two of the Inn Societies that give you the opportunity The Middle Temple Historical Society was To our Members we are able to offer Chambers – a place to practise to deepen your involvement with founded over thirty years ago by a myriad of accommodation options – Middle Temple. The other two are: the enthusiasts who wanted to learn more whether you are looking to stay One of the core functions of the Inn is to Middle Temple Students Association about the history of the Inn, its buildings overnight, either at the Inn itself or at provide Chambers from which Barristers (MTSA) and the Revels team. (Both are and its other treasures. a nearby hotel, or are looking for can practise. In total, the Inn currently detailed on the previous page.) chambers from which to practise by has approximately 250,000 sq ft of The Middle Temple Historical Society day. We also have a number of Professional Barristers Chambers. This meets four times a year between October residential ﬂats at the Inn. is shared between about 40 tenants, Young Barristers’ Association and April in the Bench Apartments for ranging from sole practitioners occupying (MTYBA) drinks, a hot buffet supper and a talk on just one room of about 100 sq ft to our an historical topic, usually with a legal AT MIDDLE TEMPLE larger sets occupying up to around 25,000 The Middle Temple Young Barristers’ theme, given by an eminent speaker. sq ft. Inevitably, our tenants’ requirements Association has been created by a group Lodgings – a place to stay change from time to time and of young barristers to help ease the Membership of the Society is open to all Professional Chambers become available transition from Middle Temple student to members, friends and staff of the Inn and Middle Temple has a number of rooms for re-letting. For more information, successful Middle Temple barrister. It has their guests. Whether you are looking to available for overnight accommodation. contact: [email protected]. three aims: to assist those who have been join, to book tickets for supper or a visit, All are comfortably furnished with en- Called but who have yet to obtain that all- or simply to learn more, please email: suite facilities, coffee and tea-making important pupillage; to encourage and [email protected]. facilities, hairdryers and digital TV. The Residential ﬂats inform members once they are Raleigh and Frobisher suites are self- undergoing pupillage; and to support contained units situated on the first floor, In addition to barristers’ chambers, young (though not necessarily in age) whilst the Sheridan and Buchan Suites on Middle Temple provides approximately barristers as they start out in the the second floor are interconnecting and 45 residential units. Although the majority profession. may be hired together at special rates. of flats have one or two bedrooms, sizes Please note that no animals other than range from small bed-sits to large three- To get involved, please email: guide dogs are allowed in the Lodgings. bedroom units. Allocation is usually by [email protected]. For reservations or for more details, go to seniority, but other factors, such as a the members’ section of the website or member’s active contribution to the call the Treasury Office on 020 7427 4800. governance or collegiate life of the Inn, CE 4140 Booklet make-up v6:Layout 1 9/10/14 4:00 PM Page 22

are also taken into account. The residents HOTEL ACCOMMODATION Apex Temple Court Hotel For other local hotels play an important part in the life of the Inn and Temple Church, and their For our Members we have negotiated Apex Temple Court Hotel is situated just Whether you need help booking a single involvement is always welcome. preferential rates at a select number of off Fleet Street in the conservation area of room or a number of rooms for a one-off hotels in London, all conveniently the Inner Temple. Enjoying a strong sense event – we also recommend the services located close to the Inn. of tranquillity that is rare for a City Hotel, of the Corporate Team who are a hotel Parking spaces at the Inn this stunning hotel has 184 luxury rooms agency. Contact them on To learn their latest rates, please get in and suites, offering complimentary Wi-Fi [email protected] or telephone The Inn has two principal areas where touch with the hotel directly. throughout the hotel and complimentary 020 7592 3050 and quote ID 1016. vehicles may be parked by arrangement (See the contact details beneath your local calls for guests. with the Inn, adjacent to Brick Court and chosen hotel.) Queen Elizabeth Building. The majority of T: 0845 365 0000 and quote Middle Temple MEMBERS’ LUGGAGE STORAGE the car parking (100) and motorcycle (15) E: [email protected] spaces are let either to barristers working Club Quarters W: www.apexhotels.co.uk We offer a complimentary bag-drop within the Inn or to the Inn’s residents. service, enabling members of the Inn to Club Quarters are full service hotels for leave their luggage securely for up to private use by guests and employees of Grange Hotels 24 hours. This facility is located in the Who to contact member companies; they offer unique main entrance of Ashley Building. Here and complimentary services for the Middle Templars can choose from seven luggage may be deposited or collected For Estate matters, please contact the business traveller in a club-like setting. In Grange Hotels including the 5* Grange between the hours of 8.00am and Inn’s Estates Office, located in Carpmael London, there are Club Quarters in four Holborn Hotel with 200 luxury guest 8.00pm, Monday to Friday, and by prior Building, on 020 7427 4840 or by e-mail to locations: (1) near Covent Garden; (2) bedrooms, a fully equipped Health and arrangement with the Duty Porter [email protected]. near the Bank of England; (3) adjacent to Fitness Club with 13m pool, and in-house (020 7797 7768) for collection on Saturdays. St. Pauls Cathedral and (4) next to dining outlets including speciality Trafalgar Square. Japanese restaurant Koto.

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SCHOLARSHIP FUND APPEAL HALL COMMITTEE

The Scholarship Fund The Scholarship Fund Appeal If you have a query or question about An invitation to join any aspect of the Inn’s activities, this is Middle Temple has been awarding A Scholarship Fund Appeal was begun your best ﬁrst port of call. The Hall Committee works hard to scholarships to students since 1877. The in 2003 to maintain and increase the level engage with all members of the Inn who primary purpose is to ensure that those of of funding and number of scholarships The Hall Committee represents the have been Called to the Bar until the end real ability are not deterred from entering awarded, with the initial aim of raising interests of Hall: that is, all barrister of their professional lives. The Committee the profession by a lack of means. £5 million. The Right Honourable Lord members of Middle Temple (save for would welcome you to join it. If you Phillips of Worth Matravers is the students and Masters of the Bench) and is would like to learn how you can help the Middle Temple interviews every single Appeal’s patron. actively engaged in the governance of work of the Inn through the Hall applicant for a scholarship. The Inn has a the Inn. Committee, please get in touch: track record of targeting the funds where To donate to the Scholarship Fund [email protected]. they are most needed: to individuals, Appeal, please contact Colin Davidson, regardless of their backgrounds, who will Director of Membership & Development Who sits on the ultimately be a credit to the profession at [email protected]. Hall Committee and the administration of justice. The members of Hall Committee are Individuals give to the Middle Temple elected every autumn for a period of Scholarship Fund Appeal because they three years and sit on the Standing want to ‘give back’ to an institution that (Bench) Committees, which broadly cover has been central to their professional the Inn’s main activities and development and to contribute to the responsibilities. You can see who sits on future health of the Bar. which committees on the Middle Temple website. If you have any comments or questions for the Standing Committees, please get in touch with the Hall Committee representative: [email protected]. CE 4140 Booklet make-up v6:Layout 1 9/10/14 4:00 PM Page 26

HISTORY, ARCHITECTURE AND GARDENS

The history of this Inn is intrinsic to who we are and what we stand for. Also, a deeper sense of our past can – as we look forward – help to shape our sense of what matters, and of what is possible.

MIDDLE TEMPLE HALL

“One of the ﬁnest Elizabethan Two tangible pieces of banqueting halls in England” living history

Completed in the early 1570s, Middle The High Table. Made from a single oak Temple Hall has survived civil unrest and tree given to the Inn by Elizabeth I, the wars across the centuries, including the High Table sits on a dais at the west end bombing of London in World War II. of Hall. Grown in Windsor Great Park, the trunk of the tree was floated along the Beneath its stunning double hammer Thames by barge and carved into a beam roof, its walls are lined with armorial magnificent table 29 feet long in the Hall, Readers’ Panels that date back to 1597, where it has remained for the last four and and its stained glass windows illustrate a half centuries. the coats of arms of many famous members of the Inn. ‘Drake’s Cupboard’. Situated prominently in Hall on ceremonial occasions, ‘Drake’s The Hall remains very much the centre of Cupboard,’ crafted from the hatch cover of the Inn today. Sir Francis Drake’s famous ship, the Golden Hind, takes pride of place during Middle Temple’s Call ceremonies. On it is laid the book members sign when they are Called to the Bar. CE 4140 Booklet make-up v6:Layout 1 9/10/14 4:00 PM Page 28

BENCH APARTMENTS MIDDLE TEMPLE GARDENS

All of the Bench Apartments look over Prince’s Room The award-winning gardens of Middle After Bazelgette’s construction of the the stunning gardens of Middle Temple Hall overlook the river Thames Victoria Embankment, when direct access Temple, which stretch southwards So called to commemorate HRH The and offer a peaceful haven from the to the river was lost, it was completely towards the River Thames. Duke of Cambridge’s Call to the Bench of bustle of central London. re-shaped over the enlarged area and Middle Temple in 2009, the Prince’s Room this remains the skeletal design of the Each of the three rooms is available for is another reception space of classic Today, the Gardens are a particularly 21st Century garden. private hire both by members of the Inn proportions, housing a table made from popular venue for summer functions, and and by external organisations. the hatch cover of Gipsy Moth IV and provide an idyllic backdrop for corporate donated by Sir Francis Chichester. events, filming and wedding photography. Opening hours Here, surrounded by intricately manicured Parliament Chamber borders and expertly maintained lawns, a These are private gardens, but with public garden party or outdoor event can be a access Monday to Friday, 12pm to 3pm, in Originally built between 1822 and 1824 to spectacular occasion. May, June, July and September. house the Inn’s Library, Parliament Chamber is used for formal dining, Members are most welcome to enjoy the meetings and receptions. A potted history of the Gardens Gardens at other times of the year by purchasing a garden gate key from the Medieval records describe an orchard Treasury Office for £12. Queen’s Room being here; by the 14th Century there are several mentions of its roses. A more Named after the late Queen Elizabeth formal design, with a top terrace and The Queen Mother, the Queen’s Room is walks, was laid out in 1591. a beautifully proportioned room decorated by paintings associated with In the early 18th Century a major re- the Queen Mother and her appointment configuration took place, imposing the as Royal Bencher of the Inn in 1944. then fashionable 'William and Mary' Dutch style, enclosed and with three rectangular lawns, dotted with trees and dissected by gravel paths. CE 4140 Booklet make-up v6:Layout 1 9/10/14 4:00 PM Page 30

FAMOUS PEOPLE AND TREASURES THE TEMPLE AND THE MAGNA CARTA

The earliest Middle Templar identifiable The American connection has remained At the Temple we have good reason to Master, and also had to educate and by name was William Hankeford, who in strong over the years. In the 18th century celebrate the Great Charter on its accommodate lawyers. The Inns have 1388 was appointed one of Richard II’s many young men were sent from America landmark anniversary in 2015. done so with pride ever since. serjeants-at-law. Since then, the Middle to complete their education at the Middle Temple has produced countless famous Temple, among them five who were to sign Eight hundred years ago, as his enemies lawyers, including the Elizabethan law the Declaration of Independence and seven grew in power, King John maintained two Today we still celebrate some reporter Edmund Plowden, who who were signatories to the Constitution. London headquarters: to the east, the of the Great Charter’s heroes… commissioned our great Hall. fortified Tower of London; to the west, the The Inn’s tradition of masques and revels Temple, safely under the control of the Chief among them is William the Marshal, Over four and a half centuries of dates back to medieval times and attracted King’s allies, the Knights Templar. buried in Temple Church, where his effigy acclaimed lawyers, Lord Chancellors, a host of Elizabethan and Jacobean poets still lies. He was the most powerful man in Chief Justices and Masters of the Rolls are and playwrights to the membership. The From the Temple were issued some of the England and remained loyal to the King, commemorated in the Inn’s portraits and first recorded performance of Shakespeare’s vital charters that preceded the Magna but insisted that the King seal the Charter. heraldic stained glass. A group portrait of Twelfth Night took place in Hall in 1602. Carta itself. One of these guaranteed the (Read more about Temple Church eight current Benchers holding the Famous literary members include John City of London the right to freely elect its overleaf.) highest judicial offices was commissioned Marston, Elias Ashmole, Henry Fielding, own Mayor. More fundamental were the in 2006 and hangs in the Bench Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Charles Dickens, famously fraught negotiations that Apartments. William Thackeray and John Buchan. opened the road to Runnymede – whereby twenty-five barons made sure Sir Walter Raleigh is one of the many A tradition of Royal Benchers has been in that even the King was subject to the law. Middle Temple members who have won place since the Prince of Wales (the future fame outside the field of law - as King Edward VII) became a Bencher of the By the fourteenth century the Temple and luminaries of the Elizabethan and Inn in 1861. Others include: Prince Albert the Church were occupied by two of Jacobean Courts. Another is Victor of Wales, Duke of Clarence and London’s legal colleges, Middle and Inner Bartholomew Gosnold, who named Cape Avondale; Edward VIII, later Duke of Temple. In 1608 King James I gave the Cod and Martha’s Vineyard and founded Windsor; Queen Elizabeth, The Queen whole area of the Temple to these two the first successful English settlement in Mother; Diana, Princess of Wales, and our ‘Inns of Court’. He laid down two North America at Jamestown in 1607. present Royal Bencher HRH The Duke of conditions: the Inns of Court had to Cambridge. maintain the Temple Church and its CE 4140 Booklet make-up v6:Layout 1 9/10/14 4:00 PM Page 32

JOINING INFORMATION

TEMPLE CHURCH

One of the most beautiful and historic addition to its regular services at the churches in London, the Temple Church Church. It is an all-male choir, consisting was built by the Knights Templar, the of 12 professional choirmen and 18 boys order of crusading monks founded to who are all educated on generous protect pilgrims on their way to and from scholarships. The choir sings at the Jerusalem in the 12th and 13th centuries. principal service on Sunday morning (11.15am), at occasional weekday The church of both Middle and Inner evensongs (5.45pm) and at concerts. Temple, it is situated in Church Court between Middle Temple Lane and King’s Bench Walk. Weddings, services and the Master of the Temple The extraordinary space of the Round Church, which forms the core of the All members of the Inn, of all (or no) building, was constructed to recreate the religious affiliation, are welcome to our shape and sanctity of the Holy Sepulchre, Church of England services, concerts, the burial place of Jesus in Jerusalem. lectures and other events. All members are also entitled to be married in the Church and to have their children baptised there. A rare musical heritage The Master of the Temple lives and works The Church is world-famous for its music, within the Temple. If you would like to its choir and its exceptional acoustics. know more about the Church, to meet Founded in 1841 by Dr Edward John him, or to have a confidential Hopkins, its choir is widely considered to conversation, he will be glad to see you: be one of the finest in London. [email protected].

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Here we aim to give you the practical support you most need – USEFUL INFORMATION FOR MEMBERS either as a potential Member looking to join, or as an existing

Member seeking specific contacts or information. We trust that this Guide, together with If you’re driving. Access for vehicles is via our website, helps you to make the Tudor Street with the exit open from 7am most of your membership as a Middle to 8.30pm onto the Embankment (turn HOW TO BECOME A MEMBER Templar. left only.) The only vehicle exit after 8.30pm on weekdays and weekends is via To contact Estates, Events, Finance, Tudor Street. The postal code for sat nav If you have yet to become a Member of about student admission, please contact Library, Security (24 hours) and Temple for this gate is EC4Y 0AY. Middle Temple, we warmly encourage the Student Records Officer, Melissa Church, please turn to the inside front you to join our Inn of Court. Tucker, at [email protected]. page of this Guide. For general enquiries, please see the contact details below. Keeping in touch

As a Student Other Applicants We encourage you to let us know your Access to Middle Temple thoughts about this Guide and any other You may apply for admission to the Middle We also welcome your application, if you aspect of our activities and community – Temple either from the second year of are a Transferring Solicitor, an Overseas If you’re on foot. Please note how timings so we can continue to develop the value your undergraduate law degree onwards, Lawyer, or a Legal Academic, and would vary, depending on whether you are and rewards of being a Middle Templar. or once you have a confirmed place on the like to join the Inn as a Specially Qualified entering or leaving Middle Temple. GDL / CPE (and have obtained a Applicant. In order to keep up-to-date with the many Certificate of Academic Standing from the • 24 hour access: (1) Tudor Street; (2) offerings for members and to see more Bar Standards Board). Each year, the You might also like to join the Inn as an Ad Middle Temple Lane into Fleet Street. detailed content available only to Honourable Society of the Middle Temple Eundem Barrister, having already been members, please do register as a user on admits over 500 student members. Called to the Bar by Lincoln’s Inn, Inner • Restricted access (7am to 8.30pm the website. Temple or Gray’s Inn. Alternatively, you may Monday to Friday): (3) The Entrance If you are looking to find out more about like to apply for Temporary Call to the Bar from Fleet Street into Middle Temple Colin Davidson the Inn, we highly recommend arranging of England and Wales, or for readmission Lane; (4) The Embankment. Director of Membership & Development to have a tour. For more information, to the Inn, having already been Called to T: 020 7427 4822 either see the website the Bar by the Middle Temple. • If you’re a tenant, you will be provided E: [email protected] www.middletemple.org.uk/joining-the- For more details, go to with a proximity card for entry into your inn/students or, for general enquiries www.middletemple.org.uk/joining-the-inn. chambers when the site is closed. CE 4140 Booklet make-up v6:Layout 1 9/10/14 4:00 PM Page 36

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