The Gazette 1974

THE 15th CONFERENCE OF THE INTERNATIONAL BAR ASSOCIATION

July 28 to August 2, 1974, Vancouver, Canada

THE WORKING PROGRAMME

The Council of the I.B.A. have provisionally decided

Pon the following working programme to follow upon

the Opening Plenary Session of welcome to those

ttending the Conference.

MAIN OPEN SESSIONS

lopic No. 1—"The Right to Practise and of Esta-

blishment Abroad"

This subject was discussed in 1972 in Estoril at a

Meeting convened by the I.B.A. and the Union Inter-

nationale des Avocats and the recommendations made

a t

that meeting have been circulated for consideration

to all the member Bar Associations and Law Societies of

the I.B.A. In Vancouver the subject will be submitted

tor discussion by a special I.B.A. Committee under the

Jhairmanship of Dr. Werner Deuchler of Germany. The

Commission Consultative in Europe which has been

studying the subject for several years has been invited

t° co-operate in this session. It is hoped that firm

^commendations will be reached as to the basis upon,

he extent to and the conditions under which a lawyer

Properly qualified to practise law in one country should

permitted to practise a n d / or establish a law office in

nother and that these may prove acceptable to the

•B.A.'s 66 member Bar Associations and Law Societies,

h's is, therefore, a Topic of exceptional importance

o all practising lawyers with interests abroad.

Topic No. 2—"Delays in Trial Procedures"

This Topic will be prepared and presented by The

g o n. Robert H. Hall as chairman and Mr. Richard A.

en a s

Rapporteur, both of whom have been nomin-

ted by the American Bar Association.

°p ic No. 3—"The Extraterritorial application of the

Law"

This Topic will be prepared and presented by the

Section on Business Law of the I.B.A. with Dr. Arved

Wringer in the chair.

°pic No. 4—"The relative merits of the Adversary

and Inquisitorial Systems of Trial"

.1 nis Topic will be prepared and presented under

tie chairmanship of George S. Cumming, Esq., Q.C.,

tion

C e n n o m i n a t e d

ky the Canadian Bar Associa-

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No. 5—"International Legal Problems in Con-

nection with the Drafting and Proving of Wills"

g Lhis Topic will have David Pyott as Chairman and

arry Lock as Rapporteur-General, both of whom have

e e n

nominated by The Law Society, England.

T •

*°pic No. 6—"Freedom of the Mass Media versus the

Right to Privacy"

this will be a full day's programme in which it is

ped invited guests representing facets of the mass

edia—the press, radio and television, will take part.

Se,

SEMINARS

nunar No. 1

A discussion on some topical aspect of

Legal Educa-

to be organised by Professor James M. Maclntyre

the University of British Columbia.

Seminar No. 2

"The Rights of

Women

under Family Law"

(or some

similar title) will be prepared and presented by the

National Association of Women Lawyers in the U.S.A.

This Seminar has been included in view of the fact

that 1975 is to be United Nations Women's Year.

OTHER MEETINGS

A general meeting of Member Organisations and a

Conference of Presidents and Bátonniers of Member

Organisations will both be held.

Among the other meetings to be held are those of the

Standing I.B.A. Committees.

The Committee on Pro-

fessional Ethics will hold an open meeting on

"An In-

ternational Code of Professional Ethics".

The Com-

mittee on the Practice of the Law by Non-Lawyers will

also hold an open meeting, and there will be meetings

of three newly formed committees—The United Nations

Affairs Committee, the European Affairs Committee,

and the Committee on Ombudsmen.

The

International

Legal Aid Association

will present

for general debate in Open Meeting a subject of special

significance to the developing countries, possibly in

connection with fund raising.

All

Committees of the

Section on Business Law

will hold meetings during the Conference week open

to all Conferees. The General Meeting of Section

members will be held at the conclusion of the Section

luncheon.

The new

Section on General Practice

will hold its

inaugural meeting.

SOCIAL PROGRAMME

The Canadian Bar Association has appointed a

Special Committee to advise on the arrangements to be

made for the social programme and a Ladies' Pro-

gramme. Full details of these will be included in the

May 1974 issue of the Journal, and will include a day

tour to Victoria, Vancouver Island, and a reception by

the Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia.

REGISTRATION

Registration forms and travel and accommodation

details can be obtained from the officially appointed

agent in your area. These are :

for Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Asia :

Thomas Cook & Son Ltd.,

Berkeley Street,

London W1A 1ES, England.

Registration fees are as follows :

Accredited member of a

Bar Association or Law

Society (not being an

I.B.A. Patron or Sub-

scriber)

$90

$105

Each Guest of above

$55

£ 70

I.B.A. Officers, Councillors,

Patrons and Subscribers

$75

$ 90

Each Guest of above

$40

$ 55

Normal Fees.

Note

—Registration fees must be paid before 1 May

1974, after which date a "late fee" is payable.