The Gazette 1992

GAZETTE

MARCH 1992

IBA 24th Biennial Conference

Scholarship for Young Lawyer

The International Bar Association ( I BA ) will be holding its 24th Biennial Conference in Cannes from 20-25 September 1992. The IBA's Section on Business Law ( SBL) has established a fund from which scholarships may be awarded to young lawyers from the region in which the Conference is being held who wish to participate in the Conference, but are unable to do so owing to financial constraints. The Section invites interested persons to apply for a scholarship which will cover the conference registration fees, return travel costs, hotel allowance. The scholarship will also include two years' free membership of the I BA and SBL, and reduced I BA and SBL Conference registration fees for three years. All applications will be submitted to the Section's Scholarship Committee. Each candidate must meet the requirements set out in the criteria below. Criteria 1. Candidates must be 35 years or under at the time of the conference. NOTE: Candidates who are over 35 may be considered by the Scholarship Committee depending on individual circumstances accommodation during the conference and a per diem 3. Each application must be accompanied by a supporting letter from the candidate's local or national Bar Association or equivalent. To request an application form please write to Rachel Youngman, International Bar Association, 2 Harewood Place, Hanover Square, London W1R 9HB, England. Tel: 071 629 1206; Fax: 071 409 0456. 2. Candidates must be admitted to practise as a lawyer.

Adrian Bourke, President of the Law Society, Bruce Millan, EC Commissioner for Regional Policy, andWalter Beatty, Vincent and Beatty, at a meeting of the Inter- Professional Group that took place on Friday, 21 February last. Compensation Fund or Licence to Steal (Continued from page 51)

ourselves, as a profession, on providing an indemnity for loss suffered by persons at the hands of dishonest solicitors. I think that every right thinking member of the profession would wish that to continue, but only on a reasonable and workable basis. •

The Society is seeking from Government and has itself put forward a draft of new serious

criminal offences to be placed in the Solicitors Bill, so that our former colleagues are not just apprehended within the existing disciplinary procedures, but can more readily be made subject to proper fraud prosecutions under the criminal law. Conclusions As President of the Law Society I intend to give this whole issue priority attention during the year of my office. I intend to discuss the matter seriously at every Bar Association meeting, and I would welcome suggestions from members of the profession as to what further steps we can take. In the final analysis . . . . if we do not get the reasonable changes we are seeking . . . . we may have to take sterner action. There is a body of opinion within the profession that the Compensation Fund as structured at present is unconstitutional. This may ultimately

Adrian P. Bourke, President

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have to be put to the test, even though we have always prided

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