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Winter 2008 69847 PP 7/11/08 09:32 Page 2 69847_PP 7/11/08 09:32 Page 1 The Middle Templar The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple Issue No. 45 Winter 2008 69847_PP 7/11/08 09:32 Page 2 Middle Temple Staff Introduction Under Treasurer Air Commodore Peter Hilling Executive Assistant to the Treasurer/Under Treasurer articles shorter with more Kristine McGlothlin photographs. We shall also 020 7427 4804 seek to widen the distribution [email protected] within the constraints of our budget. I should like to record Director of Catering & Marketing my thanks to Master Guy Colin Davidson 020 7427 4820 Mansfield who was [email protected] instrumental in carrying out the review and who continues to Director of Estates provide valuable assistance. I Ian Garwood am also very grateful to Peter 020 7427 4840 Blair for his technical support [email protected] to The Middle Templar during Deputy Under Treasurer (Education) his time as Deputy Under Christa Richmond Treasurer, and to Kristine 020 7427 4800 McGlothlin who now co- [email protected] ordinates the publication. As everyone knows 2008 has As 2008 draws to a close I Director of Finance & Administration been a special year of believe we can reflect on a Andrew Hopkin 020 7427 4800 commemoration and we have year of considerable [email protected] endeavoured to capture the achievement for the Inn. main elements of the 2008 Despite the demands of the Keeper of the Library Festival in this colourful 2008 Festival including a huge Vanessa Hayward special edition of The Middle Open Weekend, a major Royal 020 7427 4830 Templar. visit, an ambitious Celebration [email protected] We have recently undertaken Ball and a Shakespeare play in Archivist a survey and review of The Hall, the business of the Inn Lesley Whitelaw Middle Templar and I am very has continued as usual and 020 7427 4837 grateful to those of you who the high standards we set have [email protected] took the trouble to respond. been maintained. I am very We had feedback from nearly grateful to all Benchers, Security Officer/Head Porter 300 people and will be putting barristers and students who Barry Homer 020 7427 4814 into practice some of the have contributed in so many 24 hour: 020 7797 7768 constructive comments we ways, but single out the staff [email protected] received. We will continue to for special recognition for produce two publications a everything they have done to year and will try to make the make this a truly special year. The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple 2 Plowden Buildings Middle Temple Lane Temple, London EC4Y 9AT Under Treasurer Treasury Office Tel: 020 7427 4800 Front cover: Lesley Whitelaw (MT Archivist), Master John Baker (IT), Her Majesty Queen Fax: 020 7427 4801 Elizabeth II, and Dr Clare Rider (IT Archivist) study the 1608 Letters Patent which rests on the [email protected] MT Cupboard in Inner Temple Parliament Chamber. The two silver-gilt chalices were commissioned in 1609 by the Inns for the Church’s use in acknowledgement of the Letters Patent. www.middletemple.org.uk Designed by Mike Pearmaine and Kristine McGlothlin Printed by Somers Print & Design Ltd. Telephone 01442 269201 www.somerspd.co.uk 69847_PP 7/11/08 12:27 Page 3 C ONTENTS Officers of the Inn 2008 2 Treasurer’s Foreword 3 King James Lecture Series Treasurer Michael Blair QC 4 New Letters Patent for the Temple Deputy Treasurer Sir George Newman 13 Service of Thanksgiving and Reception 2008 Readers 19 A Special Year for Temple Lent Church His Honour Judge 13 John Toulmin CMG QC 22 A Year of Celebration Autumn His Honour Judge Peter Cowell 24 Knife Crime in Verona 26 We Had a Ball! Director of Middle Temple 27 Brum Bangs the Drum Advocacy Adrian Whitfield QC 28 The Open Weekend 29 Four Jurisdictions Law Master of the Archive Conference Michael Ashe QC 24 30 The Strategy Group Master of the Garden 31 International Associations Lord Kingsland QC 32 Readers 2008 Master of the House 35 New Benchers Anthony Boswood QC 39 Hall Committee Report 40 Review of the Bar Vocational Master of the Moots 26 Course Richard Wilmot-Smith QC 42 Advocacy Training and Education Master of the Music Anthony Arlidge QC 43 MTSA Officers 2008-2009 44 50th Anniversary for the Master of the Revels Library His Honour Judge Peter Cowell 46 Our Trophy Gardeners Master of the Silver 47 Farewell to Peter Blair Ian Burnett QC 46 48 Burns’ Night 2009 W INTER 2008 T HE M IDDLE T EMPLAR 1 69847_PP 7/11/08 12:27 Page 4 2008 FESTIVAL Foreword by Master Treasurer Welcome to this Commemorative Edition of the Middle Templar, looking back over the momentous year of 2008. I am particularly honoured to have been asked to be Treasurer in this year. The 2008 Festival has been even more successful than we dared to hope. There was a very full programme of events, whether set up by the Festival Office, by the individual Inns or by the Church itself. The Festival has amply achieved the objectives we and the Inner Temple set for ourselves at the outset. In brief, these were to: • re-dedicate the Inns to their fundamental duties of legal education, collegiality and sustaining the Temple Church, of working to maintain the rule of law, of contributing to the standards of the legal system, and of fostering the common law worldwide; • re-invigorate the Temple’s profile so as to make the Temple better known, and more accessible, to the world at large; and • re-connect the Inns with members between their Call to the Bar and Call to the Bench. Everything that we did in the Festival context was year, but for members Called between 1986-96. In both designed to achieve one of these aims. For instance, the years, the Gaudy occurred on the Friday evening prior to second aim, to open the Temple up to the public, was the the CPD Day on the following Saturday. These two central purpose of the Open Weekend in January when measures show the way ahead. For me, a central nearly 25,000 people came to visit the Inns, their Halls conclusion of this year is that this area has been too-long and Libraries, several sets of Chambers, and events put on neglected and is in need of some years’ imaginative in the Royal Courts of Justice. The same was true of the development and leadership from the centre. September Royal Horticultural Society show put on in What else should I single out as highlights in a most Inner Temple’s Garden. Even the two Summer Balls, held enjoyable year? There was the mountainous preparation by each Inn this year, were not just for fun (though they for the Royal Visit on June 24. This included, for me in certainly were that), but were designed to allow members particular, the privilege of involvement in creating the new to meet in a new setting, and to allow others to appreciate Letters Patent, which The what the Inns have to offer as a green and historic oasis in Queen presented to us that the heart of London. day. There was also the Of the three aims, the hardest one was the third. There new Charter Window in is a natural pattern in the life of most professionals, the Temple Church, though, I am glad to say, not all. It is very easy, in the paid for by voluntary middle passage, between the early years in practice and subscription (for the relative calm of considerable seniority, for the which my heartfelt pressures of family, work, career building and other thanks to those interests to leave the Inn trailing in the wake. I conclude that we in the Inn itself need to reach out somewhat more to overcome this. Under the leadership of Master Paul Darling, we have done something in the last two years to address this by having a “Gaudy” or reunion, the first of which took place in November 2007 for members Called between 1975-85. Nearly 300 members attended the event which proved to be such a success that it is being held this 2 THE M IDDLE T EMPLAR W INTER 2008 69847_PP 7/11/08 12:27 Page 5 2008 FESTIVAL concerned), which serves as a permanent reminder of the 400 years of stewardship of the Temple by the two Inns. King I also would like to record how pleasant it has been to work with colleagues in the Inner Temple over the preparation and realisation of the year. I do not remember James a single rough word or disagreement, and I hope that the strong spirit of amity between us will long persist. Lecture Series In the 2008 King James Lectures Series, the Inn sought to relate to the modern day some of the achievements and aspirations of King James VI and I. For example, King James was known for his policy of acting as a peacemaker, directly or indirectly; therefore, the first of the four lectures entitled, "Aspects of Dispute Resolution in the International World", was given on 25 February by Daniel Bethlehem QC, a Middle Temple member and the recently appointed Legal Adviser to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Similarly, the King James Bible was one of the most Master Treasurer and Mrs Halldóra Blair enjoy the Celebration Ball lasting consequences of his reign, and, although it was not completed until 1611, it seemed appropriate to The real highlight, however, has been the privilege to commemorate that great project; hence, the second work with (and I suppose, in some measure, to lead) the lecture "The King James Bible of 1611: The Making wonderful staff by which the Middle Temple is so happily of a Classic", was delivered on 7 April by Professor served.
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