The Gazette 1946-49

November, 1946

Vol. 4(3 No. 5

THE GAZETTE of the INCORPORATED LAW SOCIETY OF IRELAND

Secretary : ERIC A. PLUNKETT

Vice-"Presidents : MATTHEW G. R. LARDNER. ROGER GREENE.

President: DANIEL O'CONNELL.

FOR CIRCULATION AMONG MEMBERS

MEETINGS OF THE COUNCIL October 3rd THE President in the Chair : Also present: Messrs- J. R. Quirke, J. J. Bolger, J. J. Lynch, J. P. Tyrrell, W. J. Norman, H. St. J. Blake, J. P. Carrigan, J. B. Hamill, A. Cox, P. O'Connor, P. R. Boyd, J. T. Wolfe, W. S. Hayes, J. Barrett, W. L. Duggan, W. S. Huggard, J. J. Smyth. The following was among the business transacted: International Bar Association THE Council considered a report from a Committee on an invitation received from the American Bar Association to the Society to send a representative to a meeting to be held in New York to discuss the formation of an International Bar Association. The proposed objects of the Association are to establish and maintain friendly relations among the lawyers of the world ; to advance th e science of jurisprudence and the study of comparative law; to promote uniformity of legislation in certain fields of law ; to further the diffusion of knowledge of the legal systems of the various countries of the world ;

to contribute to the establishment of law and the administration of justice under law among the nations of the world ; to give support, specifically in the field of law to the principles and aims of the United Nations Organization; to establish a meeting ground for those who practise or may practise before the International Court of Justice. The Secretary reported that he had been in com– munication with the Department of External Affairs about the matter. The Council directed that a letter should be written to the American Bar Association stating that the Council welcomes in principle the proposal to extablish an International Bar Associa– tion and will be pleased to receive further infor– mation on the subject.' Proposed Amendment in Trustee Law THE Secretary read a letter from the Department of Justice asking that the Council should set up a special Committee to make suggestions to the Department on the following matters: (i) the proposed consolidation of the legislative provisions now in force dealing with the range of investments