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April 14, Royal Courts of Justice where justice is dispensed on a daily basis — you may even get to sit in on a live case! Your Guide can explain how modern English law works and what it takes to become a lawyer. They can share fascinating stories of famous, ground-breaking cases. You guide will introduce you to lawyers from history including Saint Thomas More.

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We are looking forward to the London Legal Walk returning in the Summer next year. Would Monday 4 July work as a date for you and your team? Please let us know why. The London Legal Walk is currently free to attend, though there are considerable costs involved in running the event road closures, license fees, parking suspensions, security etc.

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Blackfriars Bridge. After you have paid, you will receive an email with the booklet attached. The walk starts from Blackfriars tube station and ends at Chancery Lane tube station. On arrival at Blackfriars tube station, take exit number 8 marked New Bridge Street. Stop when you reach street level and look across the road to the pub on the corner The Black Friar.

The Black Friar pub stands on the site of the old monastery and is the only art nouveau-decorated pub in London. The area around Blackfriars was first settled around , by Dominican monks. Under the patronage of Edward I, the monks became rich and influential, soon building a quay to enable trading.

In , Parliament met here and for many years the monastery was used to hold state records. The monastery was eventually dissolved in and many of the buildings were demolished. However, the refectory was kept and used as a series of playhouses during Elizabethan times until it too was destroyed, in the Great Fire.

It was built as a royal palace in and converted into a prison, hospital and workrooms in As well as holding prisoners, it became home to destitute children and orphans of the Freemen of the City. Many of the buildings were destroyed in the Great Fire of and later re-built. Public floggings took place twice weekly, and in a ducking stool was set up on the river bank. However, the prison was the first to appoint a prison doctor in and to provide prisoners with straw bedding.

Go up the steps, then turn left at Pageant Master Court. Cross Ludgate Hill and walk along Old Bailey. The first court house on this site was built in and the current buildings, which include at their base, stones from Newgate prison, date from The buildings were badly damaged during the Blitz in and bombed by the IRA in The court is reserved for trying the most serious crimes such as murder and famous trials that have been held here include those of Oscar Wilde , Dr Crippen and the Yorkshire Ripper You can view details of all criminal trials held at the Old Bailey between and on their web site.

However, an earlier gate may actually have been built here by the Romans to lead to one of their burial grounds in Fleet Street.

The gate was damaged in the Great Fire and demolished in The area was a fashionable shopping district in the seventeenth century. Records of criminal London go back to medieval times. There are references from the 13th century to burglaries, and organised crime started to emerge in the 17th century.

Nearby Fleet street and its surrounding area was one such place. The penalty for many types of crime was death by hanging and thousands of petty criminals took their last journey from Newgate to the gallows at Tyburn where Marble Arch now stands. As London did not have a police force until the early 19th century, crime fighting was left to watchmen, constables and professional thief-takers similar to modern private investigators.

The building on the corner of Old Bailey and Newgate Street marks the site of Newgate Prison, which had stood here since the 12th century. A highly enjoyable few hours and would definitely recommend it. Amelia Fairney — 25th October We just did the Inns of Court walk with Simon who was an incredibly knowledgeable, funny and engaging guide. It was a fascinating insight into the legal history of London which left our minds buzzing with quirky facts and nuggets of information.

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