The Gazette 1990

GAZETTE

APRIL 1990

Younger Members News German-Irish Lawyers Association On Thursday, 31st May 1990 at 6.30 p.m. Dr. Juergen Moellering will address members and friends of the newly founded German-Irish Lawyers Association on the topic of

On Wednesday 28th March 1990, the German-Irish Lawyers Associa- tion was successfully launched at a reception in the Law Society. Over 140 members of the Associa- tion and guests attended the re- ception, which was kindly sponsored by the German Wine Promotion Board and Furstenberg (Guinness Brewery, the Irish distributors of Furstenberg). The President of the Incor- porated Law Society welcomed the Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany, Dr. Helmut Rueckriegel, as well as the other distinguished guest speakers, members and guests. In his address, Dr. Rueckriegel alluded to the significance of the timing of the launch, which coincided with the historical developments in Germany. Dr. Rueckriegel noted that the current membership of the Association included not only solicitors, barristers and Patent and Trade Marks Agents in the Republic of Ireland and the Federal Republic of Germany but also members of those professions from both East Germany and Northern Ireland. The Ambassador pointed out that the spirit of the Association was in true harmony with the cross-border development in both countries, against the background of the 1992 Single European Market. The importance of the support of the General Council of the Bar of Ireland, the Law Society of Northern Ireland, the Department of Justice and the Association of Patents and Trade Mark Agents in Ireland was emphasised by the contributions made respectively by Nial Fennelly S.C., Colin Haddock, Timothy Dalton and Andrew Parkes. The formal part of the reception concluded with a short speech by the Executive Director of the German-Irish Chamber of

Industry and Commerce, Mr. Heinrich Zimmermann and Elmar Conrads-Hassel, the President of the German-Irish Lawyers Associa- tion. The Committee was very en- couraged by the amount of interest shown in the Association by Irish lawyers from both north and south of Ireland. The Committee now hopes to build upon the goodwill established at the launch and its first seminar will be held on Thursday, 31st May 1990. The seminar will be addressed by Dr. Juergen Moellering, a German lawyer who is an expert in competition law. He will address the seminar on various aspects of competition law in the Federal Republic of Germany and Ireland. Preceding this event the mem- bers of the Association will meet a group of assistants to the Judges of the Federal Constitutional Court (Verfassungsgericht) of West Germany. Two lawyers of this group will deliver papers on the forth- coming constitutional changes with regard to the unification of Germany. This lecture will be held in the Law Society on 17th May 1990 at 6.30 p.m. Towards the end of June 1990, before Ireland's presidency of the European Council ends, the As- sociation intends to hold a further seminar on the subject of the new legal framework in Eastern Europe and the challenges that this poses for Irish lawyers and business people. Full details about this seminar and about the rest of the Association's programme for 1990 will be published in the May 1990 issue of the Gazette. For further details on the Associations' aims, membership and seminar programmes please contact: German-Irish Lawyers Association, 46 Fitzwilliam Square, Dublin 2. Tel: 01-789344/789404. Fax: 762595.

German Competition Law and the Common Market Dr. Moellering, one of the leading German experts on this topic, is a lawyer in Bonn and works with the DIHT, the German Associ- ation of Chambers of Industry and Commerce. He obtained his degree in Muenster/Germany and a Master degree in law at the University of New York. He spent 10 years working abroad in English speaking countries, four of which were in London. For further details please contact the German-Irish Lawyers Association, 46 Fitzwilliam Square, Dublin 2. Tel: 789344/ 789404. 7-A-SIDE SOCCER BLITZ M I X E D C O M P E T I T I O N* Sat. 26th May 1990 In aid of the Solicitors Benevolent Association Sponsored by the Educational Building Society Venue: The Law Society, Blackball Place, Dublin 7. LIVE MUSIC THROUGHOUT THE DAY! CRECHE FACILITIES THE BLITZ WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A LIVE BAND For further details please contact: Sandra Fisher, The Law Society. Tel.: 710711. * (Four male and three female members) Y O U N G E R I V I E I V I B E R S C O I V I I V I

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