NEWSLETTER OF THE INNER TEMPLE
INNERVIEW TRINITY TERM 2014
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little imagined that my duties as Treasurer would take me to the vast Palace in Bucharest which is the infamous monument to the late President Nicolae Ceausescu of Romania. This is a most extraordinary building, the second largest in the world after only the Pentagon. A little more about it anon. But first I must explain what took me there wearing the Treasurer’s hat in April. Romania currently holds the Chairmanship of the South Eastern European Co-operation Process. The SEECP is an association of nations rather like ASEAN in South East Asia. In April the Romanian Ministry of Justice organised and chaired a Regional Conference on Promoting Best Practices in Fighting High-Level Corruption and on Asset Recovery. Tackling high-level corruption is a serious imperative for many of these nations, and it is an enterprise in which they both need and actively solicit help from the Western European nations. It is an enterprise in which those motivated
CONTENTS International Legal Ethics conference TLC@10KBW Announcements and Trinity Elections Bar Guest Night Recent Events Opera in the Garden: Tosca The Summer Party: Singapore Sling Music in Prisons: Stephen Hough Recital Education & Training Department Library News Art in the Garden: Angles of Incidence Garden News Revels Production: De Raptu Meo The Temple Church Staff News Diary Temple Family Picnic
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