The Gazette 1975

IBA

FORMS SECTION ON

GENERAL PRACTICE

11»e inaugural meeting of the Section on General

'ractice was held during the International Bar Asse-

rtion's Fifteenth Biennial Conference in Vancouver,

British Columbia attended by 1,400 lawyers from 50

'^tions. The IBA itself is a non-political organisation

med in 1947 to "promote the administration of jus-

t'ce under Law among the peoples of the world". It

has 73 member Bar Associations and 3,500 indivi-

dual lawyers as Patrons or Associate Members.

The aims of the new Section are to promote ex-

changes of information and views as to the laws,

Practices and procedures affecting, the general practice

Pi law throughout the world (as distinct from the busi-

e s , financial and commercial practices of lawyers);

nd upon all other matters affecting the legal pro-

ess

>on, its development or the improvement of legal

^rvices to the public. The Section has its own officers

a,1

d Council and it is intended that in time it will

Ranise its own Conferences and publish its own jour-

«tl and a Directory of its members.

The Chairman of the Section is Sir Desmond Heap

'England) and the members of its Council are :

. D r . Gisclher Hochstrasser (Switzerland), Secretary;

tmle. Genevieve Augendre (France); Mr. George

(South Africa): Sr. Manuel Escobedo (Mexico);

Mr. G. Starforth-Hill (Singapore); Mr. Jack Kennedy

j^anada); Mr. Georg Lous (Norway); Mr. Stanley

W. Tons (New Zealand); Mr. Ed. Wright (USA).

l'he Section Council have decided that initially the

Action should have thirteen Committees each of

would cover a fairly wide field of professional in-

terest as follows:

^omniittce 1. Real Property

(Sales and Purchases of Real Estate, Building Agree-

ments, Landlord and Tenant problems and Mortgages).

^°niniittee 2. Town and Country Planning

(1-and development and Expropriation of Land).

^°»nmittee 3. Wills and Administration of Foreign

Estates, Trusts and Trusteeships

Wills, drafting and approving, Intestacies, Interna-

J°nal Aspect of Wills and Estates. Trusts and Trustee-

ships).

^n imi t t ee 4. Family Law

(Marriage Contracts (pre-nuptial and post-nuptial

tenements), divorce, separation, alimony and main-

tenance, adoption, international marriages and pro-

•teftv problems, Paternity, Affiliation and custody of

nildren and hire purchase of goods).

^mn i i t t cc 5. Estate Duty and Tax Planning

family tax planning, death duties, Hereditary l a x ,

heritance Tax and Super Tax).

^oininittcc.6. Criminal Law

(J rial procedures, Penology, Treatment of Offenders,

{Habituation of Offenders, Extradition, Forensic

Jjtences, International Crimes, Alcohol and Drug

habituation and Juvenile delinquency).

Committee 7. General Administrative Law

(Ror.d Traffic Control, Police, Social Insurance, Con-

sumer Protection, Pollution, Civil Liberties, Ombuds-

men, Ad hoc Tribunals).

Committee 8. Legal Education and Continuing Legal

Education

(Standards for admission to the Profession, Continuing

Education ,Lawyer and Student Exchange Programmes,

Student Welfare).

Committee 9. Organisation and Development of the

Legal Profession

(Professional conduct and ethics, Indemnity and Com-

pensation Funds, Negligence or Mal-practice Insur-

ance, Pension Provisions, Rights of Practice Abroad.

Programmes for extending International expertise and

law practice, Professional Fees, Legal Research, Legal

Aid and Practice of the Law by Non-Lawyers).

Committee 10. Law Office Management and Techno-

i°gy

(Economics of a law practice, Officc Organisation,

Management and Staff Training, Computers and

Modern Office Equipment).

Committee 11. Corporate Law Departments

(Rights and obligations of lawyers employed in the

public sector, Lawyers full-time employed by other

lawyers, Terms and Conditions of Service, Relation-

ship with Board and Management and with Bar Asso-

ciations and the Courts).

Committee 12. Civil Procedures

(Civil procedures around the world, comparative

study).

Committee 13. "No Fault" Insurance

Some thoughts on the Maintenance of Trust

Obituary

Mr. John Henry Sides died suddenly in Dublin on

28th February, 1975. Mr. Sides was admitted in

Easter Term, 1936, and was senior partner in the

firm of Messrs. McMahon & Tweedy, 13, Hume

Street, Dublin. Mr. Sides was an expert in Taxation

and Revenue Law and had often assisted the Society

in these matters. Mr. Sides was also a Commissioner

of Charitable Donations and Bequests.

Mr. Francis Conway died in Galway Regional Hospital

on the 9th March, 1975. Mr. Conway was admitted

in Hilary Term, 1936, and practised under the style

of Messrs. Emerson & Conway, at St. Francis Street,

Galway.