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 Hugh Evans and Roger Stewart KC: Jackson & Powell on Professional Liability, 9th edition, 2022

From Austen Morgan: Pretence: Why the UK Needs a Written Constitution, 2023

From Crispin Williams: A Good Name Hath Endured: the History of Shaw & Sons 1750-2020, 2020

From Cressida Williams and Canterbury Cathedral Library: Catalogue of the Law Society’s Mendham Collection, 1994

From Charles W. Ehrhardt: Ehrhardt’s Florida Evidence2023 

From Master Andrew Hochhauser: Catalogue of Paintings and Engravings in the Possession of the Hon. Society of the Middle Temple1931

From Her Honour Nasreen Pearce: A Practitioner’s Guide to Inheritance Act Claims, 2023

From Wayne T. Kistner: May it Please the Court: the Most Significant Oral Arguments Made Before the Supreme Court Since 1955, 1993

From Master Louise McCullough: Unlawful Killings: Life, Love and Murder – Trials at the Old Bailey, 2023 and Collateral Damage: Britain, America and Europe in the age of Trump, 2020

From William Day: Landmark Cases in Private International Law, 2023 and Key Ideas in Commercial Law, 2023

From Mary C. Fuller: Lines Drawn Across the Globe, 2023

From Master David Wurtzel: Inside Crown Cout, 2015; Talking Law, 2020; Increasing Judicial Diversity: a report by JUSTICE, 2017; Shakespeare and the Prince of Love: the Feast of Misrule in the Middle Temple, 2000; Some Notes on the Ancient Office of Reader in the Middle Temple, 1957; Winter of the World: World War I and the Temple, London

From Dr Sidney Ross: Inheritance Act Claims, 5th edition, 2023

From Bertie Angammana: Compliance Rules for Barristers, 2022

From Master Michael Bridge: Benjamin’s Sale of Goods, 12th edition, 2024 and The International Sale of Goods, 5th edition, 2023

From Christopher Loxton: The Montreal Convention, 2023

From Christa Richmond: Letters of Note: Correspondence Deserving of a Wider Audience, 2013

From Master Graeme Mew: The Law of Limitations, 4th edition, 2023

From Mark Arnold KC: Company Directors: Duties, Liabilities, and Remedies, 4th edition, 2024

From Alexander Glassbrook: Advanced, Automated and Electric Vehicle Law, 2024

From Ximena Montes Manzano: Main Residence Relief, 4th edition, 2024

From Matthew O’Regan: Chitty on Contracts, 35th edition, 2023

From Michael Meyer: A Dirty Filthy Book, 2024

From Master Charles Mynors: Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets, 6th edition, 2024

From Sylvia Sumira, in memory of her husband, Professor Jim Bennett, President of the Hakluyt Society 2016-2021: Hakluyt Society Series

From the Gurbani Centre UK: From Genocide to Self-Determination: The Sikh Case, 2023


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.