From the Treasurer
Welcome to the 2025 edition of Middle Templar. I hope you have all had some rest and relaxation over the summer. COIC has recently produced a review of the evidence on the topic of the timing of Call, so we...
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After one of the Treasurer’s Lectures this year, I was chatting to one of the guests in the Hall and they remarked that ‘Middle Temple is really one enormous engine’. As well as thanking him for giving me my opening line...
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History
PopularThe Life of Syed Jamil Hussain, a Middle Templar
The Middle Temple has a long and distinguished history of welcoming lawyers from the Indian subcontinent. The earliest such lawyers include several individuals who went on to distinguished political careers as founding members...
Book Reviews
PopularThe Boy Who Didn’t Want to Die by Peter Lantos, illustrated by Victoria Stebleva Scholastic, 2025
In 2001, Peter Lantos retired as Professor of Neuropathology at the Institute of Psychiatry at Maudsley Hospital, King’s College London. For his 22 years in that post, he was also the lead clinician for neuropathology services...
International
PopularThe jurisprudence of Bluey
William Fotherby, Partner: Meredith Connell, Auckland Bluey is a popular children’s Australian television show about a New Zealand sheepdog called MacKenzie, although a family of Blue Heeler dogs, Chilli (Mum), Bandit...
Circuit Profile: Practice in Wales
I was born and raised in Cardiff, educated in the local Catholic school – the sort of school where the academically brilliant and committed could shine, but a dyslexic who could muddle through would be left to do just that....
Read MoreWales Circuit Society
Greetings to you all from Wales/Cyfarchion o Gymru with news of some of the events in Wales over the 2024/2025 year. I could begin by providing a detailed review of an event of significant legal interest in Cardiff:...
Read MoreMidland Circuit Society
I am writing this bulletin shortly after the Summer Solstice, one of the turns in the light’s tide. That seems as good a vantage point as any from which to survey not only what has been, but also what is to come, in 2025, for...
Read MoreBridging the Gap: The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple and the Northern Circuit
For many, The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple is an architectural marvel steeped in history, accessible in the centre of London’s legal world. But for those of us practising on Circuit, it is far more than that; it is a...
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It was one of those years where considerable effort and conspicuous delight appeared in equal measure for Northern Circuiteers. The effort paid off: we continue to have a reputation for inclusive and valuable work on Circuit....
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LatestFrom the Treasurer
Welcome to the 2025 edition of Middle Templar. I hope you have all had some rest and relaxation over the summer. COIC has recently produced a review of the evidence on the topic of the timing of Call, so we...
Education
PopularRosamund Smith Moot Competition
Starting another year’s competition are 46 student teams, eager to gain valuable experience and potentially work towards winning the 2025 Rosamund Smith Moot Competition. Beginning in January, the six rounds start online...
Topical
PopularRetirement of the Reader of the Temple
Master Rory Phillips, Chair of the Temple Church Trust, writes … Mark Hatcher assumed the role of Reader of the Temple in September 2015. He quickly became a superlative colleague and a dear friend. He initially remained at the...
Obituaries
LatestMaster Timothy Dutton CBE KC (1957-2025)
“Fair winds and following seas” A luminous presence has departed our lives. This is a dreaded day, when I must encapsulate a vast presence in a few words. Reducing it to its core, Tim’s life was characterised by four...