The Gazette 1982

GAZETTE

JULY/AUGUS T 1982 International Bar Association —Delhi Conference

The 19th Biennial Conference of the International Bar Association was held in New Delhi between the 17th and 23rd October 1982, the host organisation being the Bar Association of India. The attendance was approximately 1,600 lawyers and guests. The Conference was inaugurated by Mrs. Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India. The Chief Justice of India and the Law Minister also honoured the Conference by addressing it. The Main Topics were "The Eighties — The Challenge to the Legal Profession and the Judiciary" with speakers including Lord Lane, the Lord Chief Justice of England, and Jules Deschenes, the Chief Justice of Quebec and "Legal Problems of Investment by International Companies in Developing Countries" where speakers included Heribert Golsong, Secretary General, International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes and Past Vice-President and General Counsel, World Bank, Washington DC; Dr. Nitish Sengupta, Chairman, UN Commission on Transnational Corporations 1981-82, and The Hon N.A. Palkhivala, Indian Ambassador to the USA 1977-79, Vice-President, Bar Association of India; and Liu Chu, Deputy Director of Department of Treaty and Law, Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade, People's Republic of China. Forty-two of the IBA's specialised Committees held meetings on topics of current international interest. Many of the papers read will be published in the Journals of the two Sections — International Business Lawyer and International Legal Practitioner. Presidents and Secretaries of some of the IBA's eighty-nine Member Organisations met and had a lively discussion following a talk by the Secretary- General of the English Law Society on "Which Services can a Bar Association perform for its members and for Society?" Social Programme. The Indian Mela following the Inaugural Session, complete with elephants, monkeys, dancing bears and fireworks and the classical programme of Kuchipudi dances after the Final Session, truly reflected the fabled glamour and mystery of the East. Apart from excursions, the programme included dinner in the homes of Indian lawyers, a tea party hosted by the Acting-President of India at the Presidential Palace, a Polo match for the IBA President's Cup followed by a musical ride by the President of India's Bodyguard, and a son et lumiere showing the events of centuries at Delhi's Red Fort. The Society's delegation was headed by the President W. Brendan Allen and the Senior Vice President, Michael P. Houlihan. At the conference the following officers were elected for the period: 1982—1984 Dr. Franz Reichenback CBE, Switzerland — President Dr. Enrique Syquia, Philippines — Vice President James Sutherland CBE, Scotland — Secretary-General John W. Kennedy, Canada — Treasurer 216

George C. Seward, USA was elected an Honorary Life President of the IBA in recognition of his great services to the Association as Founder- Chairman of its first Section, that on business law. The following were elected Chairman of the sections Richard C. Meech QC, Canada — Chairman, Section on Business Law Jacob E. Knoll, South Africa — Chairman, Section on General Practice Robert L. Pritchard, Australia — Chairman, Section on Energy and Natural Resources Law Mr. Joseph L. Dundon, a former President of the Society was co-opted to the Council of the I.B.A. at the Delhi Conference. •

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