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Inn at Chancery Lane

Date:  5 Oct 2011
Time:  17:30
Location:  Inn at Chancery Lane, Grays Inn, 8 South Square, London
Cost: £0.00

The tour is a given to us by Brigadier Anthony Faith, which is pretty exclusive and something which is not done for any group. The four Inns of Court have the exclusive right to call men and women to the Bar – ie to admit those who have fulfilled the necessary qualifications to the degree of Barrister-at-Law, which entitles them, after a period of pupillage (vocational training) either to practise as independent advocates in the Courts of England and Wales or to take employment in government or local government service, industry, commerce or finance. Thus, to qualify as a barrister, everyone must join an Inn and keep a qualifying session on at least twelve occasions.

The government of each Inn is ultimately controlled by the Masters of the Bench, elected mainly from among its members who are also senior members of the judiciary or Queen’s Counsel. In the case of Gray’s Inn there are about 200 Benchers, whose collective formal meetings are known as Pension. The Brigadier will show us around the Inn and there is a suprise at the end of it. Our President is a member of the BAR.

After the tour, we will go on to a local hostelry :The Citie of Yorke Pub.

Meeting Place: Gray’s Inn Gate (http://www.graysinn.info).

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