The Gazette 1964/67

O'Driscoll, Aiveen M.

United States, Europe, and Australasia. The Society was represented by the President, Mr. R. McD. Taylor, with Messrs. Patrick O'Donnell, Vice President, John Carrigan, Henry W. Mc- Cormack and Eric A. Plunkett, Secretary. The estimated attendance at the conference, including wives of participants, was about eleven hundred. Most European capitals are very well organised for a conference of this kind and the governments, or municipalities, have built con ference headquarters in many cities which are fully equipped for working sections with large numbers of participants. There is considerable competition between mem ber countries to attract IBA conferences with govermental or local support with a realisation of the valuable tourist and economic potential of meetings of this kind. Members from thirty-seven countries attended the Lausanne Conference, comprising a represent ative cross section of the lawyers of the world. This afforded valuable opportunities of comparing the legal systems of common law in continental countries. The following were among the topics discussed at the conference :— Restrictions on Lawyers against practicing in their Jurisdictions The answers to a questionnaire circulated, and the discussion at the meeting, revealed a con siderable variation, ranging from a fairly all- embracing monopoly with only a limited legal exception (Germany) to monopolies which are restricted for example to appearances in certain courts, conveyancing and the preparation of legal documents (England, Ireland, France, the Netherlands) and even the entire absence of any monopoly (Finland and Sweden). In the latter case members of the bar are distinguished from laymen who engage in legal practice mainly by their exclusive right to the title of advocate or lawyer, or whatever other title is borne by mem bers of the profession. This however, does not imply that a foreign lawyer could easily set up practice in these countries. The discussion on the topic revealed the serious concern in a number of continental countries about the activities of American law firms, who set up offices in Europe. Such offices may be established for the purpose of advising American citizens on continental law. European lawyers are however, understandably concerned about a practice of American firms, which is becoming more com mon, of establishing offices in continental capitals,

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candidates attended; 16 passed The O'Connor Memorial Prize was awarded to William O. H. Fry (B.A.). THE THIRD LAW EXAMINATION The following candidates passed: Passed with Merit Enda P. O'Carroll (B.C.L., LL.B). Passed Marguerite Joyce Boland (B.C.L.), Ann M. T. Coady (B.C.L.), David Cox (B.C.L.), Catherine P. V. Doyle (B.C.L.), Michael Farrell (B.G.L.), Joseph G. Finnegan (B.C.L., LL.B.), Felicity Mary Foley, Paul D. Guinness (B.A.), John B. Harte, Richard Lovegrove, Brian J. Magee, George G. Mullan (B.C.L.), Oliver D. McArdle, Donal T. McAuliffe, Kieran McDermott, Bren- dan J. McDonnell, Francis J. O. McGuinness (B.A., B.C.L., H.Dip. in Ed.), Brendan O'Mahony, Gerald B. Sheedy (B.C.L.), William B. R. B. Somerville (B.A., Mod.), Angela M. Sweetman (B.G.L.), John J. Tully. 32 candidates attended; 23 passed. On the combined results of the Second and Third Law Examinations the Council has awarded special Certificates to Enda P. O'Carroll (B.C.L., LL.B.) and Joseph G. Finnegan (B.C.L., LL.B.). THE PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION The following candidates passed : Anthony Brady, Vivienne Byrnes, Mary C. A. Carey, Damien F. Cassidy, Andrew Dillon, Patrick Fitz- patrick, Siubhain A. M. Gavin, Olivia C. Ward. 16 candidates attended; 8 passed. By Order, ERIC A. PLUNKETT, Secretary Solicitors' Buildings, Four Courts, Dublin, 7. 29th September, 1966. INTERNATIONAL BAR ASSOCIATION The eleventh biennial conference of the Inter national Bar Association, recently held at Laus anne, was attended by representatives from the

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