The Inner Temple Yearbook 2021–2022
Masters of the Bench
MASTERS OF THE BENCH Honourable Society of the Inner Temple Masters of the Bench in Seniority Order (Correct as of 30 July 2021)
TREASURER 2021
His Honour Humphrey LLoyd QC (U)
The Rt Hon the Lord Wilson of Culworth (U)
Guy Fetherstonhaugh Esq QC (B)
Sir Edward Cazalet (S)
Giles Wingate-Saul Esq QC (S)
The Rt Hon Sir Mathew Thorpe (U)
Gerard Elias Esq CBE QC (S)
William Crowther Esq QC (U)
The Rt Hon Sir Jack Beatson FBA (O)
Roger Henderson Esq QC (O)
Anthony Hacking Esq QC (S)
John Deby Esq QC (O)
Sir Hugh Bennett (O)
His Honour Anthony Thompson QC (S)
Dermod O’Brien Esq QC (S)
READER ELECT 2021
Ian Hunter Esq QC (S)
The Rt Hon Sir Anthony Hooper (U)
Sir Robert Francis Esq QC (O)
Sir Peter North CBE DCL FBA QC (H)
Bruce Mauleverer Esq QC (S)
Sir Martin Jacomb (H)
His Honour Neil Butter CBE QC (S)
Patrick Ground Esq QC (B)
His Honour Duncan Matheson QC (U)
The Rt Hon Sir Stephen Brown GBE (S)
Professor Sir John Baker QC LLD FBA (H)
Her Honour Christian Bevington (S)
The Rt Hon the Baroness Butler-Sloss GBE (S)
His Honour James Wadsworth QC (U)
Miss Caroline Willbourne (B)
The Rt Hon The Lord Lloyd of Berwick DL (S)
Jules Sher Esq QC (U)
Her Honour Judge Hughes QC (J)
Stanley Brodie Esq QC (S)
Sir Michael Tugendhat (U)
Michael Sayers Esq QC (U)
Richard Southwell Esq QC (S)
John Crowley Esq QC (S)
Sir Richard Henriques (S)
The Rt Hon Sir Konrad Schiemann (O)
The Rt Hon Sir Stephen Sedley (U)
Martin Bowley Esq QC (O)
The Rt Hon Sir John Chadwick (O)
Dame Rosalyn Higgins GBE QC JSD FBA (S)
The Honourable Justice Stephen Breyer (H)
The Rt Hon Sir Bernard Rix (O)
Raymond Potter Esq CB (S)
The Honourable Justice Anthony Kennedy (H)
The Rt Hon Sir David Keene (O)
Nigel Hamilton Esq QC (U)
Tom Shields Esq QC (S)
The Rt Hon Sir Anthony May (S)
Sir Sydney Lipworth QC (H)
Sir Mark Havelock-Allan Bt QC (O)
Vivian Robinson Esq QC (S)
The Rt Hon Lord Sumption OBE (S)
His Honour Simon Brown QC (O)
The Rt Hon The Baroness Hallett DBE (S)
Nicholas Wood Esq (O)
Jonathan Acton Davis Esq QC (B)
Simon Thorley Esq QC (O)
Dame Elizabeth Slade DBE (S)
Anthony Temple Esq QC (O)
The Rt Hon Sir Stephen Tomlinson (O)
The Rt Rev and Rt Hon Lord Carey of Clifton (H)
Richard Rampton Esq QC (S)
ROYAL BENCHER HRH The Princess Royal KG KT GCVO QSO (R) READER 2021 Her Honour Judge Deborah Taylor (J)
MASTERS OF THE BENCH, EX-TREASURERS
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The Rt Hon Sir Martin Moore-Bick (O) His Honour Donald Cryan (Hon) LLD (O) David Pittaway Esq QC (B) The Rt Hon Dame Elizabeth Gloster DBE (O) The Rt Hon Lord Hughes of Ombersley (O) MASTERS OF THE BENCH David Widdicombe Esq QC (U) John Willmer Esq QC (S) The Rt Hon The Lord Woolf CH FBA (S) Sir Oliver Popplewell (O) The Hon Sir Charles Morrison QC (U) The Rt Hon the Lord Mackay of Clashfern KT (H) Professor Francis Reynolds DCL FBA QC (H) Sir Michael Morland (O) Nigel Inglis-Jones Esq QC (U) The Rt Hon the Lord Scott of Foscote (S) Sir Thomas Legg KCB QC (S) Sir Richard Curtis QC (U) Sir Allan Green KCB QC (U) Neville Thomas Esq QC (U) Sir Christopher Holland (S) Sir Edward Evans-Lombe (U) The Rt Hon the Lord Irvine of Lairg (S) Her Honour Shirley Anwyl QC (S) His Honour John Previte QC (U) The Rt Hon the Lord Sainsbury of Preston Candover KG (H) Richard Clegg Esq QC (U) Michael Lyndon-Stanford Esq QC (U) The Rt Hon Sir Jonathan Parker (S) John Beveridge Esq QC (U) 148
Judge Martin Feldman (H) Sir Ivan Lawrence QC (B) James Goudie Esq QC (S) Christopher Lockhart-Mummery Esq QC (B) Richard Salter Esq QC (B) Sir David Steel (S) Neil Kaplan CBE QC SC (HK) (S) The Rt Hon Sir William Gage (S) Paul Purnell Esq QC (U) His Honour Jonathan Playford QC (S) Sir Thayne Forbes (S) Sir Brian Jenkins GBE (H) Murray Pickering Esq QC (S) The Baroness Mallalieu QC (U) Anthony Anderson Esq QC (U) Harry Turcan Esq (S) Gerald Angel Esq (S) The Rt Hon Sir Richard Buxton (U) Professor Sir Royston Goode CBE FBA QC (H) John Swift Esq QC (U) His Honour James Stewart QC (U) The Rt Hon the Lord Howard of Lympne CH QC (U) His Honour Jeremy Roberts QC (O) Sir David Clarke (U) Sir Neil Butterfield (S) His Honour Michael Lawson QC (O) The Reverend Roger ter Haar QC (B) Stephen Bickford-Smith Esq (B) Mrs Margaret Bickford-Smith QC (B) The Rt Hon Sir Jeremy Sullivan (U)
Sir Robert Owen (S) Christopher Purchas Esq QC (U) Miss Pamela Scriven QC (B) Nicholas Padfield Esq QC (S) The Rt Hon Sir Patrick Elias (S) Michael Shorrock Esq QC (S) Sir Gordon Langley (S) Sir Christopher Pitchers (S) Nigel Pascoe Esq QC (S) Her Excellency Judge Korner CMG QC (J) Oliver Sells Esq QC (B) Kenneth Aylett Esq (S) Andrew Tidbury Esq (B) Sir Timothy Walker (U) Nicholas Merriman Esq QC (S) Robin De Wilde Esq QC (S) Peter Birkett Esq QC (O) Robin Purchas Esq QC (B) Sir Geoffrey Nice QC (B) Sir Frederick Crawford DL FR Eng (H) The Baroness Deech DBE QC (Hon) (S) Professor Sir Ian Kennedy QC FBA (H) Sir Brian Keith (S) Michael Spencer Esq QC (B) Victor Temple Esq QC (S) Sir Robert Akenhead (O) Dame Caroline Swift DBE (O) Justin Fenwick Esq QC (B) Thomas Baxendale Esq (U) Kevin de Haan Esq QC (B) His Honour Jeffrey Burke QC (U)