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affiliated as Patrons. The Incorporated Law Society
of Ireland is a member of the I.E.A., and its indivi
dual members are eligible and welcome to attend
this conference.
The subjects to be discussed at Oslo include the
following:
IN PLENARY SESSION AND SYMPOSIA
1. International Ship-Building Contracts—Par
ticularly Legal Problems in Connection with
Finance and Security.
2. The Legal Profession—The Work of the
Organized Bar in Furthering the Legal Pro
fession and its Public Services.
3. Administration of Foreign Estates—Problems
of Executors and Possible Solutions.
4. Suggestions for Alleviating Hardships Arising
from Sovereign Immunity in Tort and Con
tract.
5. Suggestions for Improvement of International
Treaties to Avoid Double Taxation.
IN COMMITTEE MEETINGS
1. Ways and Means of Improving Facilities for
Legal Aid for Foreign Nationals, whether
"Resident or Non-Resident.
2. Immigration and Naturalization.
3. International Judicial Co-operation :
(a)
Diffculties Arising in Connection with
Taking Evidence Abroad.
(b)
Serving Judicial Documents Abroad.
4. Human Rights.
5. Proposals for an International Code Regulating
the Handling of Property of Enemy Nationals
and Residents in Enemy-Occupied Territory.
6. Foreign Divorces—Problems
Arising
and
Possible Solutions.
IN HOUSE OF DEPUTIES
An International Code of Ethics for the Legal
Profession.
In addition, an interesting programme of social
events has been arranged for conferees by the
Norwegian Bar Association.
Included will be a
reception given by the Mayor ot Oslo in the Town
Hall, a reception by the Norwegian Bar Association,
a Soiree Dansante at the invitation of the Minister
of Justice, and various excursions. The concluding
event will be the official closing banquet.
REGISTRATION AND HOTEL AND TRAVEL
RESERVATIONS
Hotel accommodation in Oslo at the height of the
tourist season is at a great premium.
Lawyers
planning to attend the Conference are advised by the
Norwegian Bar Association, as a matter of great
urgency, to make their hotel reservations
at once.
Moreover, there is a limit to the number of conferees
who can be accommodated at the Conference
sessions. Members of the legal profession planning
to attend the Conference are therefore urged to
register and pay their conference and guest fees as
soon as possible, and in any event not later than
June ist, 1956. The registration fee is 100 Kroner (or
£5) for each conferee or observer, and 50 Kroner
(or £2.10) for each non-lawyer guest, payable in
advance to either of the following addresses :
Rolf Christophersen, Esq.,
Secretary,
Den Norske Sakforerforening
Akersgaten 35
Oslo, Norway.
Or
Gerald J. McMahon, Esq.,
Acting Secretary General
International Bar Association,
501 Fifth Avenue,
New York 17, N.Y., U.S.A.
While registrations after June ist may be accepted
upon payment of a late fee (135 Kroner or £6.15 for
each conferee or observer, and 65 Kroner or £3.5
for each non-lawyer guest), we cannot assure late
registrants that it will be possible to accept their
registrations in view of the limited facilities. The
subscription for the Official Banquet which has been
fixed at 70 Kroner (£3.10) per person, is payable
in Oslo.
Travel arrangements should be made individually
or with your local travel agent. The Norwegian
Bar Association has appointed Thos. Cook & Son,
Stortingsgaten 26, Oslo, Norway (118 Grafton St.,
Dublin), as agent to arrange for hotel reservations
in Oslo. Single rooms with bath in Class A hotels
in Oslo range from z8/- to
)6j-
per day; double
rooms with bath, from 5O/— to yo/—. Single rooms
with bath in Class B hotels range from 22/— to
36/- per day; double rooms with bath, from 3J/-
to 48/-.
The Incorporated Law Society of Ireland have
provisionally made a number of double and single
hotel and plane reservations which will be held
for a short time. Members wishing to avail of
them should write to the Secretary without delay.
Return plane fare Dublin—Oslo, £46 25. Messrs.
Cook & Son, will give particulars of steamer fares
and routes.
ADVANCE MAILING OF CONFERENCE PAPERS.
Conferees who have registered and paid their
conference fees sufficiently in advance will receive
by mail before the Conference, if possible, copies
of Oslo Conference papers which are available for
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