The Library is incredibly grateful to the members of the Bar and academics for their generous book donations. Since the publication of the last Middle Templar, the Library received the following practitioner texts and legal works. The Library would like to thank these donors and recognise their contribution.

List of donations

From Conor Scott: Various textbooks

From Roheema Yasmin: Civil Procedure 2022 and Get Pupillage: The Golden Rules, 2023

From Master Lasok: Lasok’s European Court Practice and Procedure, 4th edition, 2022

From Master David Wurtzel: The Misses Mallet, 1931 and Enemies of the People? How Judges Shape Society, 2020

From Rose M. D’Sa: Going Juu: A Tale of Three Cultures, 2022

From Julian Burling: Research Handbook on International Insurance Law and Regulation, 2023

From Naomi Winston: LLP and Partnership Law: A Legal and Practical Guide, 2024

From Master David Ormerod: Smith, Hogan, and Ormerod’s Criminal Law, 17th edition, 2024

From Robert Willer: Slavery and the Idea of Freedom, 2024

From Ashantina Johnson: Various textbooks

From Shen-Way Chong: Various textbooks

From Master John Bowers: Downward Spiral: Collapsing Public Standards and How to Restore Them, 2024

From Master Michael Bridge and Master Eva Lomnicka: The Law of Security and Title-Based Financing, 4th edition, 2024

From Master Louise McCullough: Inquests: a Practitioner’s Guide, 3rd edition, 2014

From Barry Denyer-Green: Compulsory Purchase and Compensation, 12th edition, 2025

From Matthew O’Regan: Chitty on Contracts, 1st supplement to the 35th edition, 2025

From Valerie Charbit: Various textbooks

From Master David Bean: Bean on Injunctions, 15th edition, 2025

From Andrew Kinnier KC: The Church and the Law in the Earlier Middle Ages: Selected Essays, 1975

From Georgina Schoff KC, on behalf of the members of the Victorian Bar Association. Donated in the memory of Master Paul Darling: Vic Bar: a History of the Victorian Bar, 2021

From Carl Islam: Contentious Probate Handbook, 2nd edition, 2025

From Deborah Tompkinson: Pleadings without Tears, 2017; Advocacy for the Advocate, The Secret Barrister, 2018

From Nicola Shannon KC: Archbold: criminal pleading, evidence and practice (with supplements), 2022

From James Huntzen Ong: Freeing the Market: A Handbook on Competition Law in Malaysia, 2019

From Judith Ratcliffe: Hide or Speak?, 2024

From Daniel Sokol: From Error to Ethics: Five Essential Lessons from Teaching Clinicians in Trouble, 2025

From Master Richard Wilmot-Smith: The Law of Net Zero and Nature Positive, 2025

From Professor Sir John Baker: The Royal Prerogative and the Judges, 2024 and The Elizabethan Middle Temple and the Rule of Law, 2023

From Master Christopher Morcom: Various textbooks


Beth Flerlage is an assistant librarian. She is responsible for the development of the UK and Official Publications collections. She also contributes to the teaching program provided by the organisation to support members of the Bar.