The Middle Temple Library is delighted to announce a collaboration with Art Responders, a socially engaged community organisation, to present a compelling exhibition titled ‘The Bloody Code: Capital ...

Anthony Arlidge KC did not believe in the concept of evil until he met Jeremy Bamber. Arlidge was prosecuting in the infamous trial in which Bamber was accused of murdering his parents at their home, ...

One of the more significant cases that Simon Brown heard as a High Court judge concerned ‘marital rape’. The defendant, a Yorkshireman, faced several charges at Sheffield crown court, including raping ...

Bernard was the elder son the life peer the Baron Weartherill, KStJ, PC, DL [1920-2007], who as Bernard Weatherill, was Speaker of the House of Commons between 1983 and 2002. A recipient of the ...

Although it is a great privilege to have been asked to speak about Ben Hytner’s legal career, it is more than a little daunting. He practised at the Bar for nearly 60 years and spent over 40 years as ...

Betty Boothroyd was the first female Speaker of the House of Commons. That alone would be enough to ensure her place in political history, but she was also one of the most popular occupants of the ...

Master David Wurtzel must be one of the most unlikely of Middle Temple Ordinary Benchers. Born in Hollywood and brought up in Los Angeles, David is a member of a family that worked in the motion ...

Even as a High Court judge in the early 1980s Margaret Booth still had to withstand the casual sexism of the period. When on circuit at judges’ lodgings she would encounter fellow male judges who ...

The verbal broadside was launched with precision in front of the world’s press. Admiral Sir Michael Boyce, chief of the defence staff, was in full uniform, his golden submariners’ dolphins badge ...

Richard John Mitchell, known to us as John and Dad, was born in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, to Edith and Kenneth Mitchell. His brother Peter was born 16 months later. When Dad was young the family ...

These Masters of the Bench were all Called to the Bench between September 2019 and July 2020, following their election by Parliament. They are Called by Master Reader in a ceremony held in Hall ...

Michael Polak is President of Middle Temple Young Barristers’ Association. He practises in criminal, international, and human rights law at Church Court Chambers. He is also a Director of Justice ...