The Gazette 1991

GAZETTE

JANUARY/FEBRUARY 1991

London W1. Tel: 071 629 1206. Tlx:

International Bar Association

NOTE RE MON T R E AL

CONFERENCE

The General

Pr ac t i ce

Section of the IBA will be

holding a Conference in

Montreal from the 2nd to

5th June. The 21 Working

Committees of the Section

will hold sessions on such

w i de ranging topics as

" I n t ra Family Crime; Com-

mercial Leases; Aids & The

Public Interest; Contempt of

Court; Freedom of Move-

ment in Europe in 1992;

Product Liability & Environ-

men t al D i sas t e r ". In a

plenary session the Con-

ference will address the

topic of Evolution of the

Law w i th specific reference

to the Environment and

Eastern Europe. The Con-

ference Programmes and

Reg i s t r a t i on Forms are

available from the Inter-

national Bar Association, 2

Harewood Place, Hanover

Square, London W1R 9 HB,

England, Tel: 071-629 1206

- Fax 071 4 09 0456.

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Formed in 1947 in New York State,

the International Bar Association is

the world's largest international

organisation of Law Societies, Bar

Associations and individual lawyers

engaged in transnational Law. It is

composed of over 13,000 indi-

vidual lawyer members in 130

countries and 120 national law

societies and bar associations

together representing more than 3

million lawyers.

The work of the IBA covers a

number of different areas of

activity: services to individual

lawyers; support to Bar Associa-

tions and in particular developing

bars and support of human rights

for lawyers worldwide.

The individual lawyer member is

served primarily through the work

of the IBA's three Sections, on

Business Law, General Practice and

Energy and Natural Resources Law,

each w i th its own subject

Committees covering matters

ranging from Family Law to Space

Law, Oil Law to Banking Law,

Criminal Law to Medical Law and

Corporate Law Departments to Tax

Law. Each Section holds its own

biennial conference or seminar at

which all subject Committees hold

working sessions and there are

opportunities to meet other

members from around the world.

Venues for recent conferences

include Buenos Aires, Sydney,

Singapore, London, Strasbourg and

New York while the next IBA

Conference will be held in Cannes

in September 1992.

The Sections also produce their

own journals wh i ch publish

practical and learned articles and

updates on legal matters as well as

news about the IBA and its

activities. Other services for

Section members include an annual

Directory in which each member

receives a listing of his full address

details and Committee member-

ship; this is an invaluable source of

contacts and legal expertise. The

IBA has also developed a database

containing more detailed informa-

tion about its members, their

specialisms, their firms and so on

which can be accessed both by

computer and by telephone, telex,

fax or letter to the IBA Office.

The IBA's latest project is a fully

computerised international com-

munications network. IBA/Net,

which will go on line to a set of

sample subscribers in autumn

1990, will enable lawyers to tap

into the IBA database and com-

municate with other subscribing

IBA members worldwide. It will be

the first such international service

for lawyers.

The IBA also serves its 120

member bars and law societies

throughtout the world through its

programme of professional activi-

ties. Through its General Profess-

ional Programme the IBA holds

meetings for Bar Leaders on all

aspects of the development of the

Legal profession and Bar activities

in particular. It assists third world

Bars through a programme of

"twinning" between a developed

and a developing bar by which the

developed bar provides assistance,

advice and expertise. Since the first

"twinning" between the Norwegian

and Nepal Bars, 56 Bar Associations

have entered, or are investigating

éntering, the scheme.

Through the IBA's Charitable Trust

(UK based) and its Foundation (US

based), and using income from

members Bars, individual members

and other charitable bodies, the

Association pursues a programme

of sponsorship and assistance to

developing bars, programmes of

seminars in third world countries

and so on.

The IBA pursues a policy of

extending its activities to all areas

of the world through a programme

of regional seminars. Such seminars

have been held in the Arab region,

Eastern Europe, the African con-

tinent, Asia and one is forthcoming

in South America.

The IBA is also active in the field

of human rights, particularly the

protection of lawyers' rights to

practice independently throughout

the world. Through a programme of

formal protest, watching briefs and

distribution of information to Bar

Associations worldwide about

human rights violations, the IBA

actively pursues the goals for which

it stands.

For further details about the IBA,

please contact: Hilary Jennings,

International Bar Asociation, 2

Harewood Place, Hanover Square,

TURKS AND CAICOS

ISLANDS AND

THE ISLE OF MAN

Samuel McCleery

Attorney - at - Law and Solicitor of PO Box

127 in Grand Turk,Turks and Caicos Islands,

British West Indies and at 1 Castle Street,

Castletown, Isle of Man will be pleased to

accept instructions generally from Irish

Solicitors in the formation and administration

of Exempt Turks and Caicos Island

Companies and Non - Resident Isle of Man

Companies as well as Trust Administration

G.TOffice:-

Tel: 809 946 2818

Fax: 809 946 2819

I.O.M.Office:-

Tel: 0624 822210

Telex : 628285 Samdan G

Fax: 0624 823799