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This new edition is fully updated, with new additions to the walks covering refurbishments to the Temple Gate, to the Public Records Office site on Chancery Lane and the plans for the new Supreme Court. The Da Vinci code book and film connections are also touched on.

London’s legal history is rich and diverse, and the literature and pageantry surrounding it is equally impressive. The range and scope of the city’s legal buildings, from the Inns of Court, Chancery and Serjeant’s Inns to the Royal Courts of Justice and Central Criminal Court are testimony to the importance of law in London life. This second edition ahs been revised with new photographs and new text covering the many developments in the eight years since the first edition.

The exterior restoration of the Royal Courts of Justice, Temple Church and much of the Inns as well as the re-erection of Temple Bar in Paternoster Square are particularly noteworthy additions to this new edition.

Andrew Goodman guides the reader round the lawyer’s quarter of London on a series of walks. With an unerring eye for detail, he identifies historic and present day features whilst providing clear map directions. Containing over 160 illustrations, mainly in colour and including interiors not normally available to the sightseer, this book offers an invaluable guide and a unique souvenir of a highly memorable aspect of London life.

Andrew Goodman has been in private practice at the Bar of England and Wales for over 25 years. Over that period he has written extensively on the court system, its history and architecture.