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it is expected that the conference will bring about 1,200 people to Dublin. A general committee, with Mr. John Carrigan as chairman has been set up to make the arrangements for the con ference and the work is already well in progress. The committee have obtained offers from a num ber of volunteers to assist in the arrangements for the conference and any further offers both from solicitors and from apprentices will be welcome. Those interested should write to the secretary. The business programme of the conference is as follows : 1. Procedure for the enforcement of Antitrust Laws and other laws regulating business trans actions. 2. Proposed Code of Conduct to ensure Free Trial and Free Press. 3. The Legal Profession: (a) What steps can be taken to ensure that the profession keeps up to date; (b) The role of the Bar Association in the changing world. 4. Warranties for the protection of Consumers. 5. International Human Rights Year. 6. Family Law. The social programme of the conference is be ing arranged by the committee and details will be published in due course. The International Bar Association publishes half-yearly the International Bar News. Any mem ber interested can obtain a copy from the Editor, c/o The Law Society, 113, Chancery Lane, Lon don W.C. 2. Conference registration forms will be issued in the autumn. Members who propose to attend the conference should write to the Secretary so that registration forms may be issued to them in due course. At a meeting of the Council of the International Bar Association on 22nd April, 1967 Mr. Patrick Noonan, Solicitor, Athboy, Co. Meath, was elected President of I.B.A. ROAD TRAFFIC PROSECUTIONS . In the Society's GAZETTE, February 1964, the Council drew the attention of members to the 130

ing for borrowers on the security of registered property to give personal undertakings to comply with any requirements of the local registering authority as a condition precedent to the dis charge of equities. It was pointed out that this practice has never been adopted in the past on the sale of registered property and that solicitors should not be required to give such undertakings. It was decided to advise members for their own protection not to give such undertakings and to write to the solicitors acting for local authorities pointing out that it is a question for the local authority solicitor to decide whether or not the title is satisfactory and that if it is not the ap plication for a loan can be refused but that solicitors should not be required to give personal undertakings in such cases. Succession Act 1965: Ante-Nuptial Marriage Settlement Members enquire whether the parties should be separately advised in the following circum stances. They acted for the intended husband in connection with an ante-nuptial marriage agree ment executed by the intended husband and wife whereby each party would renounce their legal rights under the Succession Act, 1965. Members further enquired whether, if the wife should be independently advised the husband should pay- the wife's costs. The Council on a report from a committee stated that the wife was entitled to be separately advised and should be informed of her right to obtain separate legal advise and that it would be preferable that she should have it. On the facts as given the Council are of the opinion that the husband should pay the costs of the wife of obtaining independent legal advice. Reference was made to the judgment of Budd J. in Gregg v. Kidd (1956 I.R. 183). The International Bar Association was foimed at the instance of the American Bar Associa tion in October 1946. It is an association of associations consisting of the Law Societies and Bar Associations from every continent. Biennial conferences are held in different cities. Next vear, will be the 21st anniversary of the foundation of the association and our Society will be the host organisation for the conference in Dublin from July 8th to 12th, 1968. The headquarters of the conference will be the Royal Dublin Society premises at Ballsbridge and THE INTERNATIONAL BAR ASSOCIATION