Reporter 21/5/03: Graces submitted to the Regent House on 21 May 2003

Graces submitted to the Regent House on 21 May 2003

The Council submit the following Graces to the Regent House. These Graces, other than any which is withdrawn or for which a ballot is requested in accordance with the regulations for Graces of the Regent House (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 113), will be deemed to have been approved at 4 p.m. on Friday, 30 May 2003.

1. That a B. R. D. Clarke Prize Fund be established in the University to be governed by the following regulations¹:

B. R. D. Clarke Prize

1. The sums received from Mrs B. R. D. Clarke in memory of her husband, Bruce Robert Duncan Clarke (1924-1998), M.A., LL.M., of Trinity College, shall form a fund called the B. R. D. Clarke Prize Fund.

2. The Managers of the Fund shall be the Faculty Board of Law, who may delegate any or all of their functions under these regulations to a committee consisting of not less than three persons, at least one of whom shall be a member of the Faculty Board.

3. The Prize shall be awarded annually by the Examiners for the LL.M. Examination for the best overall performance in that examination.

4. The value of the Prize shall be such sum as shall be determined by the Faculty Board of Law, within a range approved from time to time by the Council.

5. At the discretion of the Faculty Board, any unexpended income in the Fund may be either added to the capital of the Fund or accumulated for use as income in a subsequent year.

2. That the regulations for certain prizes in Law be amended as follows:

(A) The Freshfields Pensions Department Prize (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 772).²

By rescinding the regulations for this Prize.

(B) The KLegal Prize (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 799)³

By amending the regulations for this Prize so as to read:

1. One half of the sum made available annually by KLegal shall be used to provide a prize called the KLegal Prize. The second half of the sum made available annually shall be used for the purchase of books for the Squire Law Library.

2. The Prize shall be awarded by the Examiners for Part IA or Part IB of the Law Tripos for distinction in the Law of Tort shown by performance in Paper 4 of the Law Tripos.

By amending the first part of Regulation 2 for this Prize so as to read:

Two Prizes shall be offered for distinguished proficiency in Roman Law shown by candidates offering the paper Civil law I in the Law Tripos, one for distinguished proficiency in Roman Law shown by a candidate offering the paper Civil law II in the Law Tripos, two for distinguished proficiency in Jurisprudence shown by candidates in Part IB or Part II of the Law Tripos,

(D) The E. C. S. Wade Prizes (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 890)⁴

By amending Regulation 2 for this Prize by inserting in line 3 after the words 'for Part IA' the words 'or Part IB'.

(E) The Glanville Williams Prize (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 900)⁴

By amending Regulation 2 for this Prize by inserting in line 1 after the words 'for Part IA' the words 'or Part II'.

¹ See the Vice-Chancellor's Notice, p. 954.

² This Prize was awarded for the subject Advanced Trust Law in the LL.M. Examination. This subject is no longer available for examination.

³ The donors of the Prize, KLegal, and the Faculty Board of Law have agreed that the sum of money provided annually by KLegal should be divided so that part provides for the Prize, to be awarded to candidates in Part IA or Part IB for Paper 4 of the Law Tripos, and the remainder is to be used for the purpose of the Squire Law Library.

⁴ The papers on which these Prizes are awarded are available to candidates in more than one Part of the Law Tripos and the changes to the regulations for these Prizes reflect this. The Faculty Board have consulted the donors of the E. C. S. Wade Prizes and the Glanville Williams Prize who have agreed to the proposed changes.

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