The Child & Co. Lectures 1976 - 1988

Child & Co at the sign of the Marygold, by Temple Bar has been conducting business at No. 1 Fleet Street for more than 330 years.

With a history going back to 1584, its present name first appeared in 1681 when Francis Child inherited the existing goldsmith's business by marriage. Child's banking shop rapidly prospered, becoming the firts bank to provide a private banking service.

In 1973, on the occasion of the 300th Anniversary of the establishment of the bank at Fleet Street, it was decided to mark the Bank's close association with the leal profession by offering to the Council of Legal Education an annual sum of money for the advancement of legal knowledge.As a result, a series of annual Lectures was inaugurated to be delivered at the Inns of Court School of Law.

The Lectures, usually delivered in March, are printed as booklets of about 12 to 20 pages and consist of the following:-

• 1975: Apprentice to the Law - The Rt. Hon. Lord Diplock (Not Included)
• 1976: The Law in Transition - The Rt. Hon. Lord Scarman
• 1977: Judges and Judging - The Hon. Sir Robert Megarry
• 1978: The Office of Law Officer of the Crown, and the Office of Lord Chancellor - The Rt. Hon. Lord Hailsham of St. Marylebone
• 1979: This is My Life - The Rt. Hon. Lord Denning (Cover Shown)
• 1980: Reflections on the English Sentencing System - Sir Rupert Cross
• 1981: Reflections on the Royal Commission on Legal Services - The Lord Benson
• 1982: The Police - Where Now? - John C Alderson
• 1983: Human Rights: Our Country in Europe - Professor J.E.S. Fawcett
• 1984: Lawyers and Public Administrators: Seperate and Unequal - Professor Louis Blom Cooper
• 1985: Administrative Law: Ladders and Snakes - Sir Patrick Neill
• 1986: Codification of the Criminal Law - Professor J.C. Smith
• 1987: Civil Proceedings in a Beleaguered Society - The Rt. Hon. Lord Lowry
• 1988: The Child: A View Across the Tweed - The Rt. Hon. The Lord Mackay of Clashfern

The Lectures are not sold seperately.