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(3) The lawyers of a contracting State may exercise
all the activities stated in the aforementioned articles
1 and 2, by means of establishing a special office
with a lawyer of another contracting State.
Article 4
In the exercise of their activities upon the territory
or the jurisdictions of another State, the lawyers of a
contracting State shall be subject to their own pro-
fessional rules as well as to the professional rules
applicable to the territory of the contracting State
where the legal activities are exercised.
Article 5
(1) In the case of a breach of the professional rules
committed by a lawyer the professional association of a
contracting State where the breach has been committed,
may forbid or limit the exercise of the activities pre-
viously mentioned in Articles 1 and 2, by the
lawyer guilty of such breach upon all the territory and
before all the courts of the contracting State for a
definite or indefinite duration, provided however that
the disciplinary authorities of the contracting State con-
cerned have the necessary powers to exercise jurisdic-
tion.
(2) The disciplinary process is conducted and the
sanctions imposed and applied according to the pro-
fessional rules then existing in the contracting State
where the breach has occcurred.
(3) The disciplinary authorities of the contracting
State of origin of the lawyer who has committed the
breach will be notified of the institution of disciplinary
powers against him. In all cases, full and accurate
copies of the official file will be sent to these authorities.
Article 6
(1) This Convention will be ratified and the instru-
ments of ratification will be deposed before the Euro-
pean Commission in Brussels.
(2) This Convention will come into force on the
1st day of the 2nd month which will follow the date
of the deposit of the second instrument of ratification.
Article 7
The present Convention may be revised at the re-
quest of a contracting state, within a period of three
years after it has come into force.
Signed in Amsterdam on the 25th day of April 1970.
The Consultative Commission of European Bars met
in Luxembourg in the Palais Cassel on the 5th, 6th
and 7th October 1972 under the presidency of Maitre
de Gryse, dean of the National Order of Advocates of
Belgium. The reception on fhe 6th of October was
given by the Ministry of Justice of Luxembourg.
The Consultative Commission of the European Bars
having considered the report of Maitre Pettiti has
decided to pursue its action with a view to promoting
bi-lateral and multi-lateral Conventions amongst Euro-
pean Bars and if necessary amongst governments of
member States. These Conventions would define and
delimit the activities allowed under the heading of
"Consultation" other than temporary consultations.
The Commission would also adopt the principle of a
Convention and of professional rules which would have
the effect of ensuring organic co-operation amongst
advocates.
This Convention would also take note of the various
activities of the advocate's profession in each member
State. This Convention would also consider the equili-
brium necessary to sustain in practice the legitimate
interests of local Bars, notably those of member States
adjoining one another. This co-operation could be
realised by means of formal organic Conventions or by
any other means required. As a basis for a new Con-
vention the Consultative Commission would recommend
the project on the subject elaborated in Amsterdam as
well as the formal resolution adopted in Edinburgh by
actually limiting this project and this resolution to the
subject of consultation. These agreements when reached
can be brought officially to the notice of the bars
concerned and to the notice of legal professional asso-
ciations.
Record Damages of £77,000 awarded
Miss Merry Hamp, 18, who fought to regain her sight
after being blinded at school, was awarded record
damages of £76,878 in the High Court.
The sum paid to Miss Hamp, whose home is in Park
Road, Cheadle Hulme, Cheshire, was the highest ever
made to a woman in Britain for personal injuries and
also a High Court record.
With interest it is likely that Miss Hamp will receive
more than £80,000.
Miss Hamp, who now has severely restricted vision
after a series of operations, was praised by Mr. Justice
Phillips for her courage and perseverance since the
explosion in the laboratory at Mount Carmel Convent
School, Alderley Edge, Cheshire, six years ago.
He awarded her £36,000 for her pain and suffering
and loss of amenities of life; £11,000 for loss of future
earnings; £5,500 for future medical assistance, and
£28,849 agreed special damages for past operations and
other medical treatment.
The special damages also included £4,471 to her
father, Mr. John Hamp, a television producer. The
damages were awarded against the Sisters at St.
Joseph's Hospital, Mount Carmel Convent School.
The judge said that since the explosion, which
occurred while she was crushing chemicals for use by
the chemistry instructor, Miss Hamp had endured six
years of continual pain and discomfort, mostly in dark-
ness.
"During the last six years, she has undergone almost
constant treatment in this country, in Spain and
America in a couragous battle to save part of her
sight."
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