The Gazette 1991

JANUARY/FEBRUARY 1991

GAZETTE

card. The convention was formerly signed by the representatives of the observer Bars on behalf of Austria, Cyprus, Finland, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland. On 14 and 15 February 1991, just prior to the next meeting of the CCBE Standing Committee, the First European Lawyers' Con- ference will be held in Brussels, on the initiative of the Deutscher Anwaltverein and the Nederlandse Orde van Advocaten, sponsored by the CCBE. The conference will be open to all lawyers and one thousand participants are expected from all over Europe.

1991 Elections Piet WACKIE EYSTEN, advocaat in Rotterdam, former Head of the Netherlands Delegation and Dean of the Netherlands Bar, was elected President for 1991. José Manuel COELHO RIBEIRO, Head of the Portuguese Delegation and former Bátonnier of the Lisbon Bar, was elected first Vice-Presi- dent and John TOULMIN, barrister in London and Head of the United Kingdom Delegation, was elected second Vice-President. The twelve member delegations have ratified a model for a con- vention to be offered to the observer Bars and later to the Bars of the new democracies in Central and Eastern Europe. It involves extending to them the Common Code of Conduct adopted in Strasbourg in October 1988 and the right to carry a CCBE identity Extension to the Lawyers' European Home

THE CCBE CELEBRATES ITS THIRTIETH ANNIVERSARY The CCBE met in plenary session in Basle from 1-4 November 1990, with delegations representing the national Bars of the twelve member States of the European Community and the six observer States. The decision to meet in Basle at the invitation of the Swiss Bar was a symbolic one, - it was in Basle, during the congress of the UIA held in the summer of 1960 that the idea of creating a consultative com- mittee comprising representatives of the Bars of the European Com- munity, which then had six member States, - was born. The celebrations were presided over by guest of honour, Mr. José Luis DA CRUZ VILACA, President of the Court of First Instance of the European Communities, in the pre- sence of a large number of guests including the "founding fathers" of the CCBE, Mr. Hans-Peter SCHMID, lawyer in Basle, and Mr. André DE BLUTS, avocat in Brussels.

Future Meetings Standing Committee:

Brussels, 16 February, 1991.

Plenary Sessions:

Dublin, 9-12 May, 1991. The Hague, 31 October - 3 November, '91.

THE IRISH SOCIETY FOR EUROPEAN LAW At the recent Annual General Meeting of the Irish Society for European Law the following officers and committee were elected: PRESIDENT: The Hon. Mr. Justice Brian Walsh VICE-PRESIDENTS:

The Hon. Mr. Justice T.F. O'Higgins The Hon. Mr. Justice D. Barrington The Hon. Mr. Justice A. O'Keeffe Mr. Vincent Landy, Senior Counsel Mr. Finbarr Murphy, Barrister Mr. Eamonn Hall, Solicitor

The Chairman of the Bar Council (ex officio), Mr. Nial Fennelly, Senior Counsel. The President of the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland (ex officio), Mr. Don Binchy, Solicitor.

CHAIRMAN:

Mr. Patrick J.C. McGovern, Solicitor Mr. Arthur F. Plunkett, Barrister

VICE-CHAIRMAN: HON. SECRETARY:

Ms. Ann C. Walsh, Solicitor

REGISTRAR:

Ms. Jean Fitzpatrick

HON. TREASURER:

Ms. Mary O'Shea, Solicitor Ms. Margaret Barry, Barrister Ms. Nuala Butler, Barrister Ms. Fionnuala Kilcullen, Barrister Mr. Jeremy Maher, Barrister Mr. Kieran Mooney, Barrister Mr. Michael G. O'Beirn, Solicitor Mr. Aindrias 0 Caoimh, Barrister Mr. James O'Reilly, Senior Counsel Mr. Vincent J.G. Power, Mr. Bryan Sheridan, Solicitor

Membership of the Society is open to lawyers and to others interested in European Law. The current annual subscription is £15.00 (£10 for students, barristers and others in the first three years of practice). Membership forms and further details may be obtained from the Registrar, Jean Fitzpatrick, Solicitor's Office, Telecom Eireann, 52 Harcourt Street, Dublin 2. (Tel: 01 714444 ext 5929, Fax. 01 679 3980, Electronic Mail (Eirmail) (Dialcom) 74:EIM076.

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