General Information
The Inner Temple
Library will supply photocopies from Library stock, subject to
the provisions of the law of copyright (the Copyright, Designs
and Patents Act 1988 and the Copyright and Related Rights
Regulations 2003), to all Inner Temple Benchers and to barrister
members of the four Inns of Court.
Enquiries may be
made by post, fax, telephone or email (Enquiry Point Tel: 020
7797 8217; Fax: 020 7797 8224; Email:
distanceservice@innertemple.org.uk).
Each request for
photocopies must be accompanied by a completed Inner Temple
Library photocopy application and copyright/judicial proceedings
declaration form, bearing the signature of the ultimate user of
the requested material.
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Photocopy Application
Form:
PDF or
Word
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Judicial Proceedings Form:
PDF or
Word |
We endeavour to
provide a same-day service for requests received before 5pm.
Please note that it may not be possible to supply documents on
the same day if a request is exceptionally large (in terms of
the number of pages or items) or if we need to contact you for
clarification.
Response will be
by first class post, fax or scan/email as required.
It will not
always be possible to make copies from some publications because
of their age or physical condition.
Copyright
Restrictions
The current
legislation allows copies to be taken only:
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for the purpose of
specific judicial proceedings existing at the time that
the copies are made; or
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for researchers or
students requiring copies for their own personal
research, for a non-commercial purpose or private study
on the understanding that one copy only will be made of
one extract from any one work; and such copy is to be
solely for the use of the member requesting it, who
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Photocopying of
books is restricted to not more than 10% of the whole up to a
maximum of 4000 words, and of journals to a single article from
any one issue.
Payment
The current
charges are:
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Postal service |
15p
per sheet } |
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+ Administrative charge
£5.00 for one item plus
£2.50 for each
additional item
+ VAT |
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Fax
service - London area* |
40p
per sheet } |
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Fax
service - Rest of UK |
50p
per sheet } |
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Fax
service - Overseas |
80p per
sheet } |
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Scan/Email service |
15p
per sheet } |
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* defined as the 020 7
and 020 8 telephone code areas |
Payment is
due within 14 days of receipt. An invoice will be sent with the
copies. The Library reserves the right to decline further
requests for copies from anyone whose earlier bills are overdue
for payment.
The Library can only accept
payment by cheque. Payment
cannot
be made by card or bank transfer.
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