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GAZETTE
MARCH 1992
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)
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
have to be put to the test, even
though we have always prided
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.
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Adrian P. Bourke,
President
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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
accommodation during the
conference and a
per diem
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
2. Candidates must be admitted to
practise as a lawyer.
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.
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