Category: Number 46, Spring 2026

A panel highlighted the Employed Bar’s diverse careers, showing how practitioners across government, private practice and the armed forces find intellectual challenge, purpose and impact in flexible, service‑driven employed practice.

Griffins adopted around 1590 with debated origins, possibly replacing Thomas Grey’s arms; the mythic eagle‑lion symbol embodies vigilance and courage, becoming a fitting guardian of Gray’s Inn identity.

A trailblazing cricketer, barrister and equality advocate, Betty Archdale’s career spanned sport, law, wartime service and education – an extraordinary life of determination and public duty explored in Master Christopher Butcher’s article.

Ten Welsh students spend a week at Gray’s Inn through the Lord Edmund Davies Trust, gaining rare insight into legal London through shadowing, marshalling, mooting and talks honouring Edmund Davies’s legacy.

Master Timothy Shuttleworth challenges the belief that The Comedy of Errors was first staged against the Hall screen, arguing – using Gesta Grayorum and later research – that the performance likely took place near the dais.

Dickens, music and mayhem collide as Gray’s Inn transforms Victorian fiction into a riotous, song-filled Miscellany.

Reflections on two murder cases exposing false confessions and flawed assumptions, and asking whether open minds can ultimately prevent miscarriages of justice.

Key announcements including New Benchers, New Silks, recent deaths and Notices from Pension.

Enjoy summer at Gray’s Inn with marquee parties in the Walks, seasonal Hall lunches, relaxed moments in The Bridge Bar, and the great‑value Thursday Night Supper Club.