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Issue no.27 (Supplement) - 8 November 2002
IBA Conference, Durban 2002

 

International Bar Association Conference
21-25 October 2002
Durban

 


 Contents 

International Bar Association
Papers
Exhibitors
News Items
Word from the IBA
Human Rights Institute
About the HRI
Justice, Truth, Peace - description
The Artist
KZNLS Stand
Thanks
Brochure
Summary
Concepts

 

 INTERNATIONAL BAR ASSOCIATION  - www.ibanet.org

 

Invitation from the President - http://www.ibanet.org/Durban/Intro.asp

 

 Papers  - http://www.ibanet.org/Durban/ConferencePapers.asp
In order to create awareness of the topics discussed at the Conference, links to abstracts of some of the papers are provided below.  The material was referenced in the IBA's Reading Room - http://www.ibanet.org/general/finddocuments.asp.

Papers received in the appropriate format are available for downloading immediately, others are available to order. Delegates registered for this conference may receive these papers free of charge.  Non delegates may download and/or order papers at the appropriate charge.

HUMAN RIGHTS INSTITUTE
Access to Environmental Justice and Corporate Responsibility / Dan Brennan
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR143&Section=GEN&Committee=
BUSINESS LAW
Anti-Trust and Trading Law
Balancing State Intervention and Competition Enforcement in Latin America : Selected Experiences of Regulatory Reform / Ignacio de Leon
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR51&Section=GEN&Committee=
Fighting against International Cartels / Menzi Simelane
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR183&Section=GEN&Committee=
Recent Developments in the Anti-Cartel Policy of the EC Commission / Olivier Guersent
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR157&Section=GEN&Committee=
Steel Safeguard Measures by the United States : Why the Critics are Wrong / Robert Lighthizer
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR99&Section=GEN&Committee=
Steel Trade and Politics in the USA 2002 / Gary Horlick
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR133&Section=GEN&Committee=
Telecommunications Models for Developing Countries : India / Jasmeet Kaur
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR57&Section=GEN&Committee=
Telecommunications Reform in Emerging Markets / Tim Schwarz ;  David Satola
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR167&Section=GEN&Committee=
Telecommunications Regulation in India : Converging Telegraph Cable Broadcasting, Satellite and the Internet / Rodney Ryder
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR103&Section=GEN&Committee=
Arbitration and ADR
Arbitration Under the OHADA System / Philippe Leboulanger
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR155&Section=GEN&Committee=
Avoiding Excessive and Unnecessary Evidence in Construction Arbitrations : Using Article 15,2 of the ICC Rules / Roberto Hernandez Garcia
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR100&Section=GEN&Committee=
Commercial Arbitration of Construction Projects derived from Public Works Contracts in Mexico : Risky Issues / Roberto Hernandez Garcia
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR101&Section=GEN&Committee=
ICC Arbitration (and its Experience in Africa) / Bernard Hanotiau
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR188&Section=GEN&Committee=
Multi-Step Dispute Resolution Clauses in Business to Business Agreements / Kathleen Scanlon
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR61&Section=GEN&Committee=
Multi-Tired Dispute Resolution Clauses / Michael Pryles
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR153&Section=GEN&Committee=
The Development of Arbitration in Zambia / Nicola Sharpe-Phiri
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR175&Section=GEN&Committee=
The State of International Commercial Arbitration in Southern Africa in 2002 : Tangible yet Tantalizing Progress / David Butler
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR30&Section=GEN&Committee=
Aviation Law
Aspects of Airport Privatisation in South Africa / David Lancaster
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR130&Section=GEN&Committee=
Current Issues Facing the Airline Industry and Aircraft Finance in the United States One Year after September 11 2001 / James Hancock
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR55&Section=GEN&Committee=
Harmonisation of the Athens Convention for Passengers, the Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims and the Warsaw Convention for Air Carriage / Derek Hodgson
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR34&Section=GEN&Committee=
Regulating the Noisy Skies in the United States / Robert Greenspon
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR160&Section=GEN&Committee=
South African Implications for Aviation Liquidations / Andrew Pike
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR125&Section=GEN&Committee=
Banking Law
Collateral - The Need for Change / Inge Hoogendoorn
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR52&Section=GEN&Committee=
Financing M&A Transactions: Special South African Considerations / Kevin Cron
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR62&Section=GEN&Committee=
Launch of PFI in UK and How it has Grown / Mark Lane
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR146&Section=GEN&Committee= 
US Anti-Money Laundering Laws and Regulations: Investment Companies - An Illustrative Case / J B Kittredge ;  Josh Aronson
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR53&Section=GEN&Committee=
Business Crime
Corruption in Infrastructure Projects : India Fights Back / Amitabha Sen
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR7&Section=GEN&Committee=
US Anti-Money Laundering Laws and Regulations : Investment Companies - An Illustrative Case / J B Kittredge ;  Josh Aronson
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR53&Section=GEN&Committee=
Business Organisations
Avatares of Financial Trusts in Times of Economic Struggle : Case Study Argentina / Frederico Godoy
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR172&Section=GEN&Committee=
Break-Up Fees, No Shop Agreements and Indemnification : Fiduciary Responsibility and the Letter of Intent / Samuel Nolen
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR111&Section=GEN&Committee=
Expanding a Franchise System in Internationally Through Jv's The View from the Foreign Partner / Rodney Ryder
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR105&Section=GEN&Committee=
Foreign Investment in South Africa / Ezra Davids
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR39&Section=GEN&Committee=
Letter of Intent / Bruno Hunziker
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR19&Section=GEN&Committee=
Pre-Contractual Letters of Intent / Tarja Wist ; Lotta Backholm
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR116&Section=GEN&Committee=
Pre-Contractual Letters of Intent : Are the Parties Engaged to be Married? / Jon Grouf ;  Nina Keri
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR178&Section=GEN&Committee=
Pre-Contractual Letters of Intent : No Shop, No Talk and No Hire Provisions / Fred Chilton
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR43&Section=GEN&Committee=
Project Alliances : (Why) Do They Work? - A Developer's View / Mikael Waylgren
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR169&Section=GEN&Committee=
Communications Law
Telecommunications Models for Developing Countries : India / Jasmeet Kaur
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR57&Section=GEN&Committee=
Telecommunications Reform in Emerging Markets / Tim Schwarz ; David Satola
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR167&Section=GEN&Committee=
Telecommunications Regulation in India : Converging Telegraph Cable Broadcasting, Satellite and the Internet / Rodney Ryder
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR103&Section=GEN&Committee=
The Growing Global Digital Divide / Nishith Desai ;  Jay Mandal
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR171&Section=GEN&Committee=
The Growing Global Digital Divide - Can Lawyers Help in Shortening the Gap? The Colombian Experience / Gustavo Tamayo
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR49&Section=GEN&Committee=
Corporate Counsel
The Art of a Hostile Defense : An In-house Perspective (I) / Gerard Gardella
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=CX308&Section=GEN&Committee=
The Art of a Hostile Defence : an In-House Perspective (II) / Alec Pienaar
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=CX307&Section=GEN&Committee=
Employment and Industrial Relations Law
A Deal is a Deal ....... or Obstacles Under French Employment Law to Unilateral Modification of the Employee's Remuneration and Benefits / Roselyn Sands ;  Olivier Hainaut
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR215&Section=GEN&Committee=
Collective Dismissal and Closure of an Enterprise : Information and Consultation Procedures and Specific Liabilities Under Belgian Labor Law / Roel Nieuwdorp
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR106&Section=GEN&Committee=
Labor and Employment Law and Benefits Issues Raised by Restructuring, Mergers, Sales, Acquisitions and Redundancies / Frederico Brandt
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR44&Section=GEN&Committee=
Outline of Law on Downsizing in the United Kingdom / Tim Johnson
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR120&Section=GEN&Committee=
Purchase of a New Business / Acquisitions / Opening of New Plants / Keith Corkan
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR138&Section=GEN&Committee=
Purchase of New Business / Acquisition / Opening of New Plants : The Canadian Perspective / David Brisbin
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR29&Section=GEN&Committee=
Environment, Health and Safety Law
Access to Courts for Corporate Accountability : Recent Developments / Richard Meeran
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR186&Section=GEN&Committee=
Access to Environmental Justice and Corporate Responsibility / Dan Brennan
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR143&Section=GEN&Committee=
Convention on Civil Liability for Bunker Oil Pollution 2001 (CLCBO) / Anders Ulrik
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR8&Section=GEN&Committee=
Corporate Accountability : Why? Legal Claims in Perspective / Richard Meeran
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR184&Section=GEN&Committee=
Environmental Protection and Safety Liabilities in Brazil - an Overview / Maria Graziela M Cury Rayes
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR68&Section=GEN&Committee=
Environmental, Health and Safety Liabilities of Parent Companies and Subsidiaries / Richard Meeran
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR185&Section=GEN&Committee=
How to Incur Liability Without Really Trying? The Perils of Parenthood / Gail Flesher
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR46&Section=GEN&Committee=
Insolvency and Creditors' Rights
Bankruptcy 2002 : Airports Between a Rock and a Hard Place? / Selinda A Melnik
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR112&Section=GEN&Committee=
Business Rescue from the Perspective of a Liquidator / Les Matuson
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR142&Section=GEN&Committee=
Collateral - The Need for Change / Inge Hoogendoorn
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR52&Section=GEN&Committee=
Corporate Insolvency Law Reform in South Africa : A Possible Model for Africa / David Burdette ;  Andre Boraine
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR129&Section=GEN&Committee=
Insolvency in Africa - The Impact of South African Labour Law on Insolvency Practice in South Africa / Adam Harris
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR1&Section=GEN&Committee=
Insolvency Practice in Africa : Nigeria / Seyi Akinwunmi
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR161&Section=GEN&Committee=
South African Implications for Aviation Liquidations / Andrew Pike
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR125&Section=GEN&Committee=
The Corporate Rescue Culture in the Republic of South Africa / Paul Winer
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR159&Section=GEN&Committee=
Insurance
Can Regulation Prevent Insurance Failures? / Andrew Swanepoel
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR9&Section=GEN&Committee=
Can Regulation Prevent Insurance Failures? - Germany / Hanno Holtz
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR50&Section=GEN&Committee=
Can Regulation Prevent Insurer Failures? The Australian Perspective / Nancy Milne
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR204&Section=GEN&Committee=
Harmonisation of the Athens Convention for Passengers, the Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims and the Warsaw Convention for Air Carriage / Derek Hodgson
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR34&Section=GEN&Committee=
The Application of Salvage Law to the Underwater Cultural Heritage in the light of the Recent UNESCO Convention / Tullio Scovazzi
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR165&Section=GEN&Committee=
The Collision of Property Rights and Cultural Heritage ; The Salvors' and Insurers' Viewpoints / Forrest Booth
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR40&Section=GEN&Committee=
Intellectual Property, and Entertainment
An Australian Perspective on Remote Sensing / Fred Chilton
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR42&Section=GEN&Committee=
Copyright and Digital Rights Management : The Impact of Technology on Legal Rights / Rodney Ryder
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR104&Section=GEN&Committee=
Film Broadcast Regulation : Analysing the 'Indian' Phenomenon / Rodney Ryder
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR174&Section=GEN&Committee=
For Whom Should Traditional Knowledge be Protected / Roger Chennells
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR107&Section=GEN&Committee=
Recent Developments in the Regulation of Traditional Herbal Medicines / Zelda Pickup ;  Christopher Hodges
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR20&Section=GEN&Committee=
The Legal Protection of Traditional Knowledge / Wend Wendland
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR221&Section=GEN&Committee=
Traditional Knowledge and Intellectual Property - Are Existing Systems Adequate or is a Sui Generis System Necessary? / Owen Dean
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR84&Section=GEN&Committee=
International Construction Projects
Avoiding Excessive and Unnecessary Evidence in Construction Arbitrations : Using Article 15,2 of the ICC Rules / Roberto Hernandez Garcia
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR100&Section=GEN&Committee=
Collaborative Styles of Working using the NEC System of Standard Form Contracts / Andrew Baird
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR10&Section=GEN&Committee=
Commercial Arbitration of Construction Projects derived from Public Works Contracts in Mexico : Risky Issues / Roberto Hernandez Garcia
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR101&Section=GEN&Committee=
Construction Joint Ventures : The Key Questions / Axel Kunze
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR126&Section=GEN&Committee=
Corruption in Infrastructure Projects: India Fights Back / Amitabha Sen
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR7&Section=GEN&Committee=
Hong Kong Experience in Fighting Corruption / Leonard Turk
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR202&Section=GEN&Committee=
Joint Ventures Consortia : Current Issues in Nigeria / Robert Clarke
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR96&Section=GEN&Committee=
Project Alliances : (Why) Do They Work? / Doug Jones
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR35&Section=GEN&Committee=
Project Alliances : (Why) Do They Work? - A Developer's View / Mikael Wahlgren
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR169&Section=GEN&Committee=
International Franchising
Current Situation of Franchising in Argentina / Osvaldo Marzorati
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR83&Section=GEN&Committee=
E-Commerce Update for the Travel Industry / George A Ribeiro
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR48&Section=GEN&Committee=
Expanding a Franchise System in Internationally Through Jv's The View from the Foreign Partner / Rodney Ryder
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR105&Section=GEN&Committee=
Expanding a Franchise System Internationally through Joint Ventures - Corporate Aspects / Andrew Wigfall
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR12&Section=GEN&Committee=
Foreign Franchise in China after WTO / Peter Jiang
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR87&Section=GEN&Committee=
Important Developments in the Federal Republic of Germany Fundamental Changes to the German Civil Code / Albrecht Schulz
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR3&Section=GEN&Committee=
Legal Considerations in Structuring a Joint Venture / John Sotos
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR60&Section=GEN&Committee=
Product Liability Laws and Franchising in India / Amitabha Sen
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR6&Section=GEN&Committee=
Recent Developments in International Franchising: India / Ajay Sahani
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR2&Section=GEN&Committee=
Recent Developments in International Franchising : Italy / Aldo Frignani
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR4&Section=GEN&Committee=
International Litigation
Choice of Forum : The Indian Approach / Debanjan Mandal ;  Abhrajit Mitra ;  Jishnu Chowdhury
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR193&Section=GEN&Committee=
Forum Shopping in Mass Torts : Nigeria / Babajide Ogundipe
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR16&Section=GEN&Committee=
Forum Shopping in Mass Torts : The English Perspective / Michael Hale
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR75&Section=GEN&Committee=
Forums Shopping in Mass Torts / Dan Brennan
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR128&Section=GEN&Committee=
Legal Privilege in Canada / Markus Koehnen
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR148&Section=GEN&Committee=
Liabilities to Third Parties on Issues of Securities : England / Adam Johnson
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR191&Section=GEN&Committee=
Privilege and Confidentiality in International Litigation : Canada / Rejean Lizotte
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR209&Section=GEN&Committee=
Privileged Communications in Australia / Keith Steele
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR201&Section=GEN&Committee=
Protection of Confidential Commercial Information : The US Perspective / Peter Sullivan
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR89&Section=GEN&Committee=
Solicitor Client Privilege / Michael Polonsky
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR76&Section=GEN&Committee=
The Canadian Approach to Forum Disputes / Barry Leon ;  Sarah Wright ;  Chris Veeman
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR17&Section=GEN&Committee=
The Evasion of Contractual Obligations in South Africa : The Practical Implications of South African Constitutional Principles Against Restraints of Trade / Lebs Setidisho
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR64&Section=GEN&Committee=
International Sales and Related Commercial Transactions
Contemporary Issues Associated with the Issuance of Letters of Credit / Michelle M Simpson
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR77&Section=GEN&Committee=
Final Bidding Round / Magnus Pousette
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR145&Section=GEN&Committee=
Sale of a Business Using an Auction Process : Information Memorandum ('IM') and Invitation to Bid Letter / James Philips
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR198&Section=GEN&Committee=
Won't it Stick? Unenforceable Contracts! / Nicole van Crombrugghe
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR80&Section=GEN&Committee=
Investment Companies and Mutual Funds
US Anti-Money Laundering Laws and Regulations : Investment Companies - An Illustrative Case / J B Kittredge ;  Josh Aronson
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR53&Section=GEN&Committee=
Issues and Trading in Securities
Collateral - The Need for Change / Inge Hoogendoorn
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR52&Section=GEN&Committee=
Concert Party Problems / Muriel Goldberg-Darmon
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR78&Section=GEN&Committee=
Financing M&A Transactions : Special South African Considerations / Kevin Cron
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR62&Section=GEN&Committee=
Going Private Transactions - Canada / Blair Cowper-Smith
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=CX303&Section=GEN&Committee=
International Bar Association - Securities Laws / Michael Adcock
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=CX306&Section=GEN&Committee=
Liabilities to Third Parties on Issues of Securities : Japan / Koji Takuchi
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR139&Section=GEN&Committee=
Potential Disclosure Liability of Lawyers and Underwriters for Involvement in Non-Registered US Offerings of Securities / Thomas Joyce
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR119&Section=GEN&Committee=
Potential Liabilities of Directors, Officers and Underwriters for Involvement in Registered United States Offerings of Securities / Walter Jospin
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR220&Section=GEN&Committee=
The Impact of Electronic Communication on Corporate Law and Practice in Germany / Rainer Krause
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR168&Section=GEN&Committee=
Maritime and Transport Law
Current Developments in Nigerian Maritime Laws / Mfon Ekong Usoro
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR203&Section=GEN&Committee=
Current Issues in Aviation : The European Perspective / Sergi Gimenez
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR113&Section=GEN&Committee=
Delivery of Cargo Without Production of a Straight Bill of Lading - A Singapore Perspective / Gan Seng Chee
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR47&Section=GEN&Committee=
E-Carriage in Darkest Africa / Shane Dwyer
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR216&Section=GEN&Committee=
Enforcement and Ranking of Mortgages and Maritime Liens - South Africa / Mark van Veldon
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR147&Section=GEN&Committee=
Enforcement and Ranking of Mortgages and Maritime Liens : Singapore / Lawrence Teh
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR141&Section=GEN&Committee=
Forum Selection Clauses in Bills of Lading Under United States Law : The Struggle for Uniformity Continues / Richard Singleton
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR212&Section=GEN&Committee=
Harmonisation of the Athens Convention for Passengers, the Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims and the Warsaw Convention for Air Carriage / Derek Hodgson
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR34&Section=GEN&Committee=
Identifying the Contract Carrier Under the Bill of Lading The Implications of the STARSIN / Ben Leach
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR18&Section=GEN&Committee=
Maritime Law in India : Recent Developments / Amitabha Sen
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR5&Section=GEN&Committee=
Maritime Law in Ukraine : the Old Theory and New Practice / Andriy Kostin
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR13&Section=GEN&Committee=
Maritime Law Update : South Africa / John Hare
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR200&Section=GEN&Committee=
Pre- & Post-Sea Carriage Contracts / Vincent Prager
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR122&Section=GEN&Committee=
Sea Waybills Under Norwegian Law / Erling C Hjort
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR38&Section=GEN&Committee=
The Application of Salvage Law to the Underwater Cultural Heritage in the light of the Recent UNESCO Convention / Tullio Scovazzi
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR165&Section=GEN&Committee=
The Collision of Property Rights and Cultural Heritage ; The Salvors' and Insurers' Viewpoints / Forrest Booth
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR40&Section=GEN&Committee=
Outer Space
An Australian Perspective on Remote Sensing / Fred Chilton
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR42&Section=GEN&Committee=
The Growing Global Digital Divide / Nishith Desai ;  Jay Mandal
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR171&Section=GEN&Committee=
The Growing Global Digital Divide - Can Lawyers Help in Shortening the Gap? The Colombian Experience / Gustavo Tamayo
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR49&Section=GEN&Committee=
Tourist Space Flights : A Vision for 2015 and its Challenges for Today / Dr Werner Inden
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR222&Section=GEN&Committee=
Products Liability, Advertising, Unfair Competition and Consumer Affairs
For Whom Should Traditional Knowledge be Protected / Roger Chennells
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR107&Section=GEN&Committee=
Product Liability Laws and Franchising in India / Amitabha Sen
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR6&Section=GEN&Committee=
Recent Developments in the Regulation of Traditional Herbal Medicines / Zelda Pickup ;  Christopher Hodges
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR20&Section=GEN&Committee=
The Legal Protection of Traditional Knowledge / Wend Wendland
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR221&Section=GEN&Committee=
Traditional Knowledge and Intellectual Property - Are Existing Systems Adequate or is a Sui Generis System Necessary? / Owen Dean
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR84&Section=GEN&Committee=
Won't it Stick? Unenforceable Contracts! / Nicole van Crombrugghe
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR80&Section=GEN&Committee=
Taxes
Cross Border Pensions for the Mobile Employee and Multinational Employer : New Zealand Tax Implications / Stuart Hutchinson
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR162&Section=GEN&Committee=
Designing Tax Efficient Infrastructure Projects / Jean Schaffner
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR190&Section=GEN&Committee=
Protecting the Multi-National in International Tax Disputes : United Kingdom / David Goldberg
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR31&Section=GEN&Committee=
Protecting the Multinational in International Tax Disputes : Japan / Masatami Otsuka
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR151&Section=GEN&Committee=
Protecting the Multinational in International Tax Disputes : Mexico / Dionisio Kaye
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR131&Section=GEN&Committee=
Recent Developments in International Tax Discrimination / Jonathan Schwarz
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR137&Section=GEN&Committee=
Recent Developments in International Tax Law : Belgium / Jan Werbrouck
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR135&Section=GEN&Committee=
Recent Developments in International Tax Law : Botswana / Neill Armstrong
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR154&Section=GEN&Committee=
Recent Developments in International Tax Law : Canada / Douglas J Powrie
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR194&Section=GEN&Committee=
Recent Developments in International Tax Law : Cyprus / Kypros Chrysostomides
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR140&Section=GEN&Committee=
Recent Developments in International Tax Law : Czech Republic / Jana Alfrey
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR136&Section=GEN&Committee=
Recent Developments in International Tax Law : Estonia / Sven Papp ;  Maiu Fischer
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR163&Section=GEN&Committee=
Recent Developments in International Tax Law : Finland / Taina Tuohino
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR164&Section=GEN&Committee=
Recent Developments in International Tax Law : Greece / Alex Karopoulos
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR124&Section=GEN&Committee=
Recent Developments in International Tax Law : Iceland / Erlendur Gislason
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR132&Section=GEN&Committee=
Recent Developments in International Tax Law : Indonesia / Pieter L de Ridder
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR206&Section=GEN&Committee=
Recent Developments in International Tax Law : Israel / Eliot Sacks
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR36&Section=GEN&Committee=
Recent Developments in International Tax Law : Portugal / Paulo Nuncio
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR86&Section=GEN&Committee=
Recent Developments in International Tax Law : Republic of Korea / Woo Taik Kim
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR166&Section=GEN&Committee=
Recent Developments in International Tax Law : Sweden / Martin Nilsson
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR149&Section=GEN&Committee=
Recent Developments in International Tax Law : the Netherlands / Thijs Clement
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR117&Section=GEN&Committee=
Recent Developments in International Tax Law : United Kingdom / Robert Gaut
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR98&Section=GEN&Committee=
Recent Developments in International Tax Law : USA / Rebecca Rosenberg
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR180&Section=GEN&Committee=
Resolution of Multinational Tax Disputes : The US Experience / Roger Jones
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR108&Section=GEN&Committee=
Taxation of International Law Firms from a Canadian Tax Perspective / Tom Akin
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR218&Section=GEN&Committee=
Taxation of Law Firms with Cross-Border Organisation from a German Perspective / Rosemary Portner
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR81&Section=GEN&Committee=
US Tax Issues Regarding the Restructuring of a Troubled Multinational Company / David R Hardy
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR192&Section=GEN&Committee=
Technology and E-Commerce Law
An Australian Perspective on Remote Sensing / Fred Chilton
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR42&Section=GEN&Committee=
Business Process Outsourcing / Richard E Clark
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR210&Section=GEN&Committee=
Copyright and Digital Rights Management : The Impact of Technology on Legal Rights / Rodney Ryder
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR104&Section=GEN&Committee=
Cross Border Outsourcing Transactions / Christiane Feral-Schuhl
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR21&Section=GEN&Committee=
e-Commerce in Latin America : Overview and Best Practices / Clara Luz Alvarez Gonzalez de Castilla
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR23&Section=GEN&Committee=
Electronic Contracts, Signatures and Jurisdiction : an Overview of best Practices in the Asian Context / Rodney Ryder
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR102&Section=GEN&Committee=
The Growing Global Digital Divide / Nishith Desai ;  Jay Mandal
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR171&Section=GEN&Committee=
The Growing Global Digital Divide - Can Lawyers Help in Shortening the Gap? The Colombian Experience / Gustavo Tamayo
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR49&Section=GEN&Committee=
Travel, Tourism and Hospitality Law
Back to the Future : Rebuilding Travel and Tourism after a Catastrophic Event : South Africa / Patrick Vrancken
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR85&Section=GEN&Committee=
E-Commerce and the Nigerian Travel Industry : Initiatives and Developments / Ladipo Soetan
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR63&Section=GEN&Committee=
Tourist Space Flights : A Vision for 2015 and its Challenges for Today / Dr Werner Inden
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR222&Section=GEN&Committee=
Utility Law
Issues Affecting Distribution and Retail of Electricity in the Australian Electricity Industry / Peter Machin
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR88&Section=GEN&Committee=
Launch of PFI in UK and How it has Grown / Mark Lane
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR146&Section=GEN&Committee=
Report to the IBA on Electric Industry Restructuring in the USA / Erik J A Swenson
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR37&Section=GEN&Committee=
ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES LAW
Coal Law
Issues Affecting Distribution and Retail of Electricity in the Australian Electricity Industry / Peter Machin
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR88&Section=GEN&Committee=
Launch of PFI in UK and How it has Grown / Mark Lane
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR146&Section=GEN&Committee=
Report to the IBA on Electric Industry Restructuring in the USA / Erik J A Swenson
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR37&Section=GEN&Committee=
Electricity Law
Issues Affecting Distribution and Retail of Electricity in the Australian Electricity Industry / Peter Machin
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR88&Section=GEN&Committee=
Launch of PFI in UK and How it has Grown / Mark Lane
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR146&Section=GEN&Committee=
Natural Gas in Argentina and in the Southern Cone / Luis A Erize
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR66&Section=GEN&Committee=
Report to the IBA on Electric Industry Restructuring in the USA / Erik J A Swenson
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR37&Section=GEN&Committee=
Gas Law
Issues Affecting Distribution and Retail of Electricity in the Australian Electricity Industry / Peter Machin
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR88&Section=GEN&Committee=
Launch of PFI in UK and How it has Grown / Mark Lane
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR146&Section=GEN&Committee=
Natural Gas in Argentina and in the Southern Cone / Luis A Erize
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR66&Section=GEN&Committee=
Report to the IBA on Electric Industry Restructuring in the USA / Erik J A Swenson
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR37&Section=GEN&Committee=
Mineral Law
Issues Affecting Distribution and Retail of Electricity in the Australian Electricity Industry / Peter Machin
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR88&Section=GEN&Committee=
Launch of PFI in UK and How it has Grown / Mark Lane
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR146&Section=GEN&Committee=
Report to the IBA on Electric Industry Restructuring in the USA / Erik J A Swenson
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR37&Section=GEN&Committee=
Nuclear Law
Issues Affecting Distribution and Retail of Electricity in the Australian Electricity Industry / Peter Machin
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR88&Section=GEN&Committee=
Launch of PFI in UK and How it has Grown / Mark Lane
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR146&Section=GEN&Committee=
Natural Gas in Argentina and in the Southern Cone / Luis A Erize
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR66&Section=GEN&Committee=
Report to the IBA on Electric Industry Restructuring in the USA / Erik J A Swenson
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR37&Section=GEN&Committee=
Oil Law
Issues Affecting Distribution and Retail of Electricity in the Australian Electricity Industry / Peter Machin
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR88&Section=GEN&Committee=
Launch of PFI in UK and How it has Grown / Mark Lane
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR146&Section=GEN&Committee=
Natural Gas in Argentina and in the Southern Cone / Luis A Erize
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR66&Section=GEN&Committee=
Report to the IBA on Electric Industry Restructuring in the USA / Erik J A Swenson
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR37&Section=GEN&Committee=
Water Law
Issues Affecting Distribution and Retail of Electricity in the Australian Electricity Industry / Peter Machin
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR88&Section=GEN&Committee=
Launch of PFI in UK and How it has Grown / Mark Lane
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR146&Section=GEN&Committee=
Natural Gas in Argentina and in the Southern Cone / Luis A Erize
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR66&Section=GEN&Committee=
Report to the IBA on Electric Industry Restructuring in the USA / Erik J A Swenson
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR37&Section=GEN&Committee=
LEGAL PRACTICE
Access to Justice
ADR in English Family Law / David Hodson
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR32&Section=GEN&Committee=
ADR in Family Law within the South African Legal System / Sheila Pollard ;  Bernard Altman
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR114&Section=GEN&Committee=
Mediation and ADR: The East African Experience / Joy K Mbaabu
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR173&Section=GEN&Committee=
Mediation in Family Law Cases in England and Wales / Richard Miller
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR94&Section=GEN&Committee=
Private Judging - Arbitrating Family Financial Disputes in Australia / Ian Kennedy
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR176&Section=GEN&Committee=
The Mediation and Arbitration of Family Law Disputes in Ontario : A Practitioner's Perspective / Thomas Bastedo
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR118&Section=GEN&Committee=
Administrative and Constitutional Law
Civil Forfeiture in Australia / Sylvia Grono
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR115&Section=GEN&Committee=
Civil Proceedings in Relation to Criminal Assets / Roberton Fulton
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR97&Section=GEN&Committee=
Government as Guardian? The Emerging Relationship in South Africa between Civil Liability and Constitutional Duties / Francois du Bois
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR195&Section=GEN&Committee=
The Legislative Process Involved in the Seizure of the Proceeds of Crime in Ireland / Frank Cassidy
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR182&Section=GEN&Committee=
Art and Cultural Property Law
Charity, Children and Tax the Transmission of Art and Cultural Property: A UK Perspective / Daniel Simon
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR26&Section=GEN&Committee=
For Whom Should Traditional Knowledge be Protected / Roger Chennells
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR107&Section=GEN&Committee=
How to Hold and Preserve Art, Cultural or Heritage Property and How to Transfer Such Property : Italy / Cristina Manasse
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR24&Section=GEN&Committee=
The Application of Salvage Law to the Underwater Cultural Heritage in the light of the Recent UNESCO Convention / Tullio Scovazzi
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR165&Section=GEN&Committee=
The Collision of Property Rights and Cultural Heritage ; The Salvors' and Insurers' Viewpoints / Forrest Booth
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR40&Section=GEN&Committee=
Civil Litigation
Class Action Litigation in a Changing World : Canada / Mary Thompson ; John Brown
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR150&Section=GEN&Committee=
Class Action Practice and Procedure / David Body
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR28&Section=GEN&Committee=
Class Proceedings : An Opportunity for Aboriginal Peoples / Russell Raikes
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR110&Section=GEN&Committee=
International Law and the Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Based on Internet Content / Kurt Wimmer
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR179&Section=GEN&Committee=
The Scope of Group (Class) Actions in the Colombian Legal System / Daniel Posse
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR25&Section=GEN&Committee=
Transnational Class Actions / Dan Brennan
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR127&Section=GEN&Committee=
Client Protection Funds
Legal Profession Reform in Queensland, Australia / Raoul Giudes
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR189&Section=GEN&Committee=
Risk Profiling : Can you Predict and Prevent Lawyer Thefts? / Victoria Rees ; David McKillop
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR33&Section=GEN&Committee=
The Law Society of Scotland : Deterrence / Leslie Cumming
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR181&Section=GEN&Committee=
What Duty Does the Legal Profession Have to Protect Clients from Lawyers Who Steal? / Lynda C Shely
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR144&Section=GEN&Committee=
Consumer Law
Female Genital Mutilation / Jadesola Akande
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR54&Section=GEN&Committee=
Criminal Law
Child Sex Abuse : The New Zealand Perspective / Marie Dyhrberg
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR69&Section=GEN&Committee=
Difficulties Involved In Prosecuting Child Sexual Assault Cases : Australia / Natalie Adams
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR79&Section=GEN&Committee=
Discrimination and Gender Equality
Female Genital Mutilation / Jadesola Akande
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR54&Section=GEN&Committee=
Issues in Admission to US Law Schools : Current Debates and Future Challenges / James M Vaseleck Jr
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR56&Section=GEN&Committee=
Polishing the Brass Ring: New and Developing Standards for Law Firm Partnership and Admission to Partnership / Marc Cornblatt
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR67&Section=GEN&Committee=
Family Law
A Level Playing Field? A View of Matrimonial Costs in England and Wales / Roberta Tish
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=CX305&Section=GEN&Committee=
ADR in English Family Law / David Hodson
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR32&Section=GEN&Committee=
ADR in Family Law within the South African Legal System / Sheila Pollard ;  Bernard Altman
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR114&Section=GEN&Committee=
European Politics Related to Isolated Minors Migrants / Alexander Boiche
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR226&Section=GEN&Committee=
Mediation and ADR : The East African Experience / Joy K Mbaabu
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR173&Section=GEN&Committee=
Mediation in Family Law Cases in England and Wales / Richard Miller
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR94&Section=GEN&Committee=
Private Judging - Arbitrating Family Financial Disputes in Australia / Ian Kennedy
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR176&Section=GEN&Committee=
The Mediation and Arbitration of Family Law Disputes in Ontario : A Practitioner's Perspective / Thomas Bastedo
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR118&Section=GEN&Committee=
Government Practice
Civil Forfeiture in Australia / Sylvia Grono
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR115&Section=GEN&Committee=
Civil Proceedings in Relation to Criminal Assets / Robert Fulton
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR97&Section=GEN&Committee=
The Legislative Process Involved in the Seizure of the Proceeds of Crime in Ireland / Frank Cassidy
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR182&Section=GEN&Committee=
Human Rights Law
Female Genital Mutilation / Jadesola Akande
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR54&Section=GEN&Committee=
Immigration and Nationality Law
An Asylum and Immigration Policy for the European Union / Richard Lewis
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR93&Section=GEN&Committee=
Attracting a Global Work Force: the United Kingdoms Government's Response to Attracting Inward Investors, High Net Worth Individuals and the Self Employed / Tanya Goldfarb
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR217&Section=GEN&Committee=
Canada Business Immigration Federal Program / Prashant Ajmera
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR92&Section=GEN&Committee=
Panel on the Situation of the Refugees in Italy: Another Brick in the Wall / Anna Brambilla
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR14&Section=GEN&Committee=
Quebec Business Immigration Program / Herbert Brownstein
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR196&Section=GEN&Committee=
Indigenous Peoples
Class Action Litigation in a Changing World : Canada / Mary Thompson ;  John Brown
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR150&Section=GEN&Committee=
Class Action Practice and Procedure / David Body
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR28&Section=GEN&Committee=
Class Proceedings : An Opportunity for Aboriginal Peoples / Russell Raikes
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR110&Section=GEN&Committee=
The Benzodiazepine Litigation / Justice Gary Hickinbottom
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR248&Section=GEN&Committee=
The Scope of Group (Class) Actions in the Colombian Legal System / Daniel Posse
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR25&Section=GEN&Committee=
Transnational Class Actions / Dan Brennan
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR127&Section=GEN&Committee=
Individual Tax and Estate Planning, Wills, Trusts and Succession
Avatares of Financial Trusts in Times of Economic Struggle : Case Study Argentina /Frederico Godoy
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR172&Section=GEN&Committee=
Charity, Children and Tax the Transmission of Art and Cultural Property : A UK Perspective / Daniel Simon
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR26&Section=GEN&Committee=
Heirship Under the South African Civil Law of Intestate Succession / Francois du Toit
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR41&Section=GEN&Committee=
How to Hold and Preserve Art, Cultural or Heritage Property and How to Transfer Such Property : Italy / Cristina Manasse
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR24&Section=GEN&Committee=
Succession in Hong Kong and the PRC / Vivien Chan ;  Mary Ma
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR219&Section=GEN&Committee=
Trusts in Civil Law Countries / Linda Williams
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR65&Section=GEN&Committee=
Trusts in Civil Law Countries : Italy / Antonia Marsagalia
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR15&Section=GEN&Committee=
Trusts in Civil Law Countries : Quebec / Philip Henderson
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR90&Section=GEN&Committee=
Trusts in Civil Law Countries : Switzerland / Mathew Reiter
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR72&Section=GEN&Committee=
Trusts in Civil Law Countries : United Kingdom / Jim Edmondson
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR59&Section=GEN&Committee=
Legal Education and Professional Development
Balancing the Scales : Achieving Diversity in Australian Law School Admissions / Anita Stuhmcke
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR227&Section=GEN&Committee=
Issues in Admission to US Law Schools : Current Debates and Future Challenges / James M Vaseleck Jr
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR56&Section=GEN&Committee=
Polishing the Brass Ring: New and Developing Standards for Law Firm Partnership and Admission to Partnership / Marc Cornblatt
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR67&Section=GEN&Committee=
Presenting Continuing Professional Development Courses on Legal Ethics / Mary Frances Edwards
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR170&Section=GEN&Committee=
The Bucerius Admissions Process / Markus Baumanns
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR170&Section=GEN&Committee=
Media Law
Copyright and Digital Rights Management : The Impact of Technology on Legal Rights / Rodney Ryder
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR104&Section=GEN&Committee=
Film Broadcast Regulation : Analysing the 'Indian' Phenomenon / Rodney Ryder
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR174&Section=GEN&Committee=
International Law and the Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Based on Internet Content / Kurt Wimmer
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR179&Section=GEN&Committee=
The Media, Public Officials and Law of Libel / Michael Hales
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR152&Section=GEN&Committee=
The Media, Public Officials and the Law of Libel / Osayaba Giwa-Osagie
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR82&Section=GEN&Committee=
Negligence and Damages
Class Action Litigation in a Changing World : Canada / Mary Thompson ;  John Brown
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR150&Section=GEN&Committee=
Class Action Practice and Procedure / David Body
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR28&Section=GEN&Committee=
Class Proceedings : An Opportunity for Aboriginal Peoples / Russell Raikes
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR110&Section=GEN&Committee=
The Benzodiazepine Litigation / Justice Gary Hickinbottom
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR248&Section=GEN&Committee=
The Scope of Group (Class) Actions in the Colombian Legal System / Daniel Posse
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR25&Section=GEN&Committee=
Transnational Class Actions / Dan Brennan
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR127&Section=GEN&Committee=
Practice Management and Technology
Compensation and Reward : Financial Recognition for Staff Performers / Vincent Faris
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR121&Section=GEN&Committee=
Diversity - Should this be Recruitment Issue for Law Firms in Africa? / Funke Adekoya
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR45&Section=GEN&Committee=
Presenting Continuing Professional Development Courses on Legal Ethics / Mary Frances Edwards
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR71&Section=GEN&Committee=
Professional Conduct
Presenting Continuing Professional Development Courses on Legal Ethics / Mary Frances Edwards
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR71&Section=GEN&Committee=
Real Estate Law
Electronic Land Registration : Options from a Legal Perspective / Gustav Radloff
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR238&Section=GEN&Committee=
SPECIALIST GROUPS
Academics' Forum
Balancing the Scales : Achieving Diversity in Australian Law School Admissions / Anita Stuhmcke
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR227&Section=GEN&Committee=
Issues in Admission to US Law Schools : Current Debates and Future Challenges / James M Vaseleck Jr
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR199&Section=GEN&Committee=
Presenting Continuing Professional Development Courses on Legal Ethics / Mary Frances Edwards
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR71&Section=GEN&Committee=
Barristers and Advocates Forum
The Challenges of Competition at the Referral Bar / David Bean
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR27&Section=GEN&Committee=
Capital Markets Forum
Collateral - The Need for Change / Inge Hoogendoorn
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR52&Section=GEN&Committee=
Major Changes in Corporate Governance in the United States Since the Enron Bankruptcy / Meredith Brown ;  Alan Paly ;  Peter Loughran
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR73&Section=GEN&Committee=
Education and the Law Working Group
Issues in Admission to US Law Schools : Current Debates and Future Challenges / James M Vaseleck Jr
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR199&Section=GEN&Committee=
Judges' Forum
Recent Restorative Justice Developments in New Zealand / Aotearoa / Helen Bowen
http://www.ibanet.org/general/PaperDetails.asp?ID=DR242&Section=GEN&Committee=

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 Exhibitors 
Details of the various exhibitors may be found at http://www.ibanet.org/Durban/Exhibition.asp

Among other items of interest on display in the Exhibitor's Hall were :

Law Society of England and Wales

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Governments shall ensure that lawyers are able to
perform all of their professional functions without
intimidation, hindrance, harassment or improper
interference"
                         United Nations Basic Principles
                                on the Role of Lawyers (1990)

How you can help a fellow lawyer in 6 minutes
You can add to the weight, volume and internationalism
of the appeals on behalf of lawyers at risk by downlaoding,
signing and sending appeals on the law Society's website.
You can quickly and easily download the text from the
web and add a paragraph introducing yourself.  Please visit
the website once a week to add your voice to the appeals
for those at risk.

www.internationalhumanrights.lawsociety.org.uk 


Legal practitioners worldwide deal with tricky situations on a daily basis. With their information needs in mind Kluwer Law International has built a unique collection of almost 4,000 information sources spanning a vast array of legal topics and comprising books, loose-leafs, journals and electronic products.

So whether your need is to advise clients on the intricacies of international intellectual property, competition, arbitration, trade, or if you are a corporate counsel researching local employment, labour or environmental regulations around the world, Kluwer Law International has the answer.

For a complete overview of our publications, please visit our online catalogue at www.kluwerlaw.com. In addition to full descriptions and tables of contents of all our  publications, free sample copies of our journals can be accessed there.

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 News Items 
ICC Durban welcomes world intellects for the International Bar Association Conference 21-25 Oct - 21 October (Direct Access Online)
Stability cannot be legislated for - 21 October (Business Day)
Kenyan-born lawyer awarded Bernard Simons award - 22 October (SABC News)
Airports involuntary targets of lawsuits since US attacks - 22 October (Business Day)
New Ships Registration Act will protect mortgagees - 23 October (Business Day)
US is violating own laws, says Goldstone - 24 October (Independent Online (IOL))
World's top lawyers discuss terrorism laws - 24 October (SABC News)
'September 11 was biggest insurance disaster' - 24 October (Independent Online (IOL))
Zim farmers 'like Indians who had to flee Uganda' - 27 October (Sunday Times)
Lawyers slam US clampdown after terror attacks - 3 November (Sunday Times)
Liquidators rarely go to rescue of firms - 7 November (Business Day)

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 Word from the IBA 
 International Practice Diploma Programme 
Earlier in the year, we provided you with information concerning our new International Practice Diploma Programme - the global standard of practical, high quality continuing legal education for business lawyers. Our new programme is targeted to both developing lawyers (ie, lawyers with between 3 to 5 years practice experience) and experienced lawyers wishing to further enhance their overall knowledge. After successful completion of each programme module, the participant will earn a College of Law of England and Wales Practice Diploma. Those lawyers completing five courses will earn the right to be designated as an IBA Fellow in International Legal Practice.

We are pleased to announce a limited number of scholarships that will be made available to young, deserving lawyers who require financial assistance in order to participate in the programme.  We would be pleased if you would agree to administer the scholarship programme by distributing scholarship applications and recommending scholarship candidates to the IBA/College of Law.  Enclosed please find a copy of the Scholarship Application and Instructions to Scholarship Candidates.

In addition to financial need, scholarship candidates must meet the following criteria:

  • Recipients must be 35 years or under at the time the module begins
  • Recipients must be admitted to legal practice
  • Recipients must be sufficiently fluent in English to complete the coursework, including written assignments
  • Recipients must be nominated by the Bar Association, Law Society or equivalent organisation to which they belong, and be members in good standing

Two types of scholarships are available:

  • Full scholarships - an award of such amount as equals 85% of the fee due to the IBA/COL for the relevant Practice Diploma (the full price of the first two modules is £395 each);
  • Partial scholarships - an award of such lower amount (ie, less than 85%) that you as an association, in your absolute discretion, think fit.

For modules beginning in January 2003, kindly return all completed scholarship applications that you wish to recommend to the IBA's London Office no later than Friday, 29 November 2002.

Download forms :

http://www.lawlibrary.co.za/notice/updates/2002/images/IBA-COL Scholarship - instructions.pdf

http://www.lawlibrary.co.za/notice/updates/2002/images/IBA-COL Scholarship application form_2_.pdf


 Distance Learning Programme 
see http://www.college-of-law.co.uk/CoursesAndTraining/InternationalPraticeDiploma.asp

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 HUMAN RIGHTS INSTITUTE 

 About the HRI 
The IBA believes absolutely in the fundamental right of the world's citizens to have disputes heard and determined by an independent judiciary, and for judges and lawyers to practise freely and without interference.  In 1995, the IBA established the Human Rights Institute (HRI) under the Honorary Presidency of Nelson Mandela.  The Institute now has more than 7,000 members from 149 countries.
The IBA's non-political status and global reach enable the HRI to advance its objectives :
  • the promotion, protection and enforcement of human rights under a just rule of law ;
  • the promotion and protection of the independence of the judiciary and the legal profession worldwide ;
  • the worldwide adoption and implementation of standards and instruments regarding human rights, accepted and enacted by the community at large ;
  • the acquisition and dissemination of information concerning issues relating to human rights, judicial independence and the rule of law.
The HRI undertakes to achieve these objectives by :
  • carrying out, through its Rapid Response mechanism, first hand investigations into reports of the disintegration of a country's legal system ;
  • sending missions to examine legal systems in operation worldwide and making recommendations for change ;
  • providing long term technical assistance programmes ;
  • developing training programmes for lawyers or judges in human rights ;
  • sending letters of intervention when lawyers, judges, officials of lawyers associations or others involved in the legal system are threatened, detained or abused ;
  • providing independent trial observers to monitor and report upon legal proceedings where there are grounds for concern ;
  • holding conferences on human rights issues.
The HRI also undertakes special projects.  Recent examples include :
  • the development of an orientation manual on human rights for lawyers, judges and prosecutors, jointly compiled with the United Nations ;
  • the establishment of the first fully searchable online directory of organisations involved in the rule of law ;
  • the development of a code of professional conduct for counsel appearing before the International Criminal Court ;
  • the establishment of a panel to examine the role of lawyers in Corporate Social Responsibility and to develop educational material on this subject ;
  • the compilation of a Comparative Law Survey on Freedom of Expression and the Administration of Justice, a joint project between the IBA and Article 19.

For more details on the HRI please contact :
Claire.deboursac@int-bar.org

To become a member of the HRI please contact :
member@int-bar.org

For more information on recent and current HRI projects
visit the HRI pages of the IBA website www.ibanet.org 


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 Justice, Truth, Peace 
In an exciting new fund-raising project, artist Graham Bannister has created a human rights painting, the proceeds of which will go to the HRI to help fund future projects.

The work shows hands pulling together on ropes to untie the problems of the world.  These are the problems where the rule of law, natural justice and fundamental human rights cease to exist as a result of political, economic, social or military pressures.  The hands represent human effort and energy exerted in unison.

On each pillar are the words "Justice", "Peace" and "Truth" written in the six official languages of the United Nations.

Global voices from all corners of the world are represented in the picture, as they are in the membership of the IBA.

We believe that this painting reflects the IBA and presents a positive but realistic depiction of the global human rights situation.

To order prints of the painting, contact
claire.deboursac@int-bar.org 


Justice, Truth, Peace
Graham Bannister
For the IBA's Human Rights Institute

The world rests on three pillars.
On Truth, on Justice and on Peace.
The three are really one.
If Justice is realised, Truth is vindicated and Peace results
Rabban Simeon ben Gamaliel

The significance and meaning of the work is directly related to the aims and ideals of the International Bar Association's Human Rights Institute.

These are :

  • the promotion, protection and enforcement of human rights under a just rule of law ;
  • the promotion and protection of the independence of the judiciary and the legal profession worldwide ;
  • the worldwide adoption and implementation of standards and instruments regarding human rights, accepted and enacted by the community at large ;
  • the acquisition and dissemination of information concerning issues relating to human rights, judicial independence and the rule of law.

The work shows hands pulling together on ropes to untie the problems of the world.  These are the problems where the rule of law, natural justice and fundamental human rights cease to exist as a result of political, economic, social or military pressures.  The hands represent human effort and energy exerted in unison.  The hands are a mixture of nationalities, of men, women and children.

Ropes are made of many individual fibres and strands.  When entwined they increase in strength.  The ropes also symbolise restrictions and shackles.  Untie the knots and freedom results.  Ropes are strong, flexible and have many good uses.  They can, however, be abused.

The work shows these ideas are global but even our world is set in the large universe of space.  Contrast this with the individual human endeavours represented by each individual hand.

All these symbols are set against the three pillars.  These support the three key principles.  On each pillar are the words "Justice", "Peace" and "Truth" written in the six official languages of the United Nations.  The three pillars are connected to and support the universe in which the world revolves.  Behind the pillars is an expanse of sky depicting freedom and space.  The sunlight, fresh air and water-bearing clouds are essentials for life itself.


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 The Artist 
Graham Bannister
Born in London 1954, Graham Bannister is self-taught and has been painting professionally for more than 25 years.

His technique and ability to portray his subjects in detail while giving them a life of their own is inspired by the vivid and luminous quality of light and the surreal, which have come together to create this image for Human Rights.

For more than 14 years Graham has been living first in Tuscany, then the south west of France and presently in Brittany, places that have influenced his work greatly.

Graham's work is in many private and corporate collections.  Commissions have included Lago Maggiore for the Orient Express and the Jersey coastline for a syndicate of collectors including Robert Fleming Holdings Limited.  Exhibitions have also been held at Arthur Andersen & Co, Surrey Street, London (Paintings from India) and Robert Fleming Holdings Limited, Madrid, Spain.  He was also responsible for creating the idea for making a limited edition print with one hundred and four artists for Band Aid's Visual Aid.

Graham's work is on display 24 September to December, at Chambers, 3/4 South Square, Grays Inn, London, WC 1R 5HP.

Further biographical details are available from the artist.

Graham Bannister can be contacted by facsimile on
+33 296 861 992


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 KZNLS STAND 

The KZNLS' new President, Ebrahim Moolla
with Mary Bruce (Information Manager) and Cynthia Naidoo
(Practice Management Officer) at the KZNLS' stand

 

Thanks 

KwaZulu-Natal Law Society Council
IBA
Kagiso Exhibitions
First Technology - sponsorship of three computers
Gavin McLachlan
Wayne Stuart-Christie
We were able to offer visitors to our stand an introduction to our websites, www.lawsoc.co.za and www.lawlibrary.co.za, on three computers sponsored by First Technology.  A big thank-you to Vaughan and his team.


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 Brochure 

KWAZULU-NATAL
LAW SOCIETY
established 1871  

www.lawsoc.co.za

Message from the President,
Mr Iqbal Ganie

As President of the KwaZulu-Natal Law Society, I represent a twenty-member Council and a membership in excess of two thousand attorneys.

We are most privileged that this prestigious Conference is being held in our country and are delighted to host the International Bar Association and its three thousand candidates from around the world. We as lawyers uphold the rule of law in a country with one of the most modern and  enlightened constitutions in the world. It is therefore fitting that this Conference is held in Durban.  

I hope the delegates enjoy their stay here and we extend hospitality and willingness to assist all in attendance.

 

HISTORY

On Thursday 16 February 1871 eleven advocates and attorneys met in the chambers of the Attorney-General to discuss the formation of a Law Association for attornies [sic] and advocates in the colony (The Natal Witness 21 February 1871).  The same newspaper reported on Friday 3 March 1871 that "after the opening of the new Court on Wednesday last, thirteen members of this Society responded to the invitation of the Vice-President … and repaired to his chambers, where they partook of a champagne luncheon …  It was decided that a full committee meeting should be convened … to consider the draft rules … and it was also decided … that a Law Library of standard and current works should be established by the profession.  Mr G headed the list with an annual contribution of five guineas, and the sum of £32 was at once subscribed".  At last, the issue of Tuesday 21 March 1871 was able to report "at the meeting held on the 17th inst., at the Attorney General's Chambers, the laws for the constitution of the Society, and management of its affairs, were finally approved and adopted."

"In its early years, it held dinners to promote the unity of the Bar, as it was said that "no business can be done without eating".  The Society acted to secure the respectability of the Bar by scrutinising all applications for admission and by opposing undesirable applications such as, in once instance, that of a butcher … and it tried to promote legal knowledge amongst advocates by planning a library and 'regular reliable reports of Supreme Court Proceedings' …  It actively developed a library for its members, the collection being housed with certain prominent advocates … and later in the Public Library … In 1907, the Society became incorporated, with a view to placing itself on a firmer footing, and to cement control over all members of the Natal legal profession" (A History of the District and Supreme Courts of Natal 1846-1910 / Peter Spiller, 1986).

"The Incorporated Law Society of Natal regulated the affairs first of both the advocates and the attorneys, until the Society of Advocates came into being and Judge President Feetham's separation of the Bar and the attorney's profession became effective in the 1930s" (Our Legal Heritage / S N Roberts, c1982).

As a result of our Legal Practice Bill, some of these issues are being debated again in 2002, just as they are in other countries.

 

Message from our Chief Executive Officer

The KwaZulu-Natal Law Society is proud to be situated in the host province of the country in which this prestigious Conference is being held.  We are the only Law Society in Southern Africa that has two completely equipped law libraries.  A few years ago this Society started concentrating on the development of an electronic library to assist our members in finding their way around all the legal data available on the Internet.  The Society employed two ladies to provide better access to our two websites and to the electronic library respectively.  We have also concentrated on making the legal profession more transparent in the eyes of the public.

 

THE KWAZULU-NATAL LAW SOCIETY TODAY

The KwaZulu-Natal Law Society regulates the attorneys' profession in the Province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, and enhances the prestige and dignity of the profession.  It protects the public by providing effective control of the professional conduct of attorneys.

The law prescribes that every practitioner who practises in the Province of KwaZulu-Natal, whether for his own account or otherwise, shall be a member of the Society.

Twenty-seven staff members, many of whom are pictured above, are responsible for the full spectrum of administrative functions and reflect the demographics of the country.

 

TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS
AND OUR EXPANDED LIBRARY SERVICES

The KwaZulu-Natal Law Society currently has over 2 200 members and needs to make its resources available as equitably as possible to members throughout the province.  Approximately half of the attorneys are based in Durban and slightly less than 15% in Pietermaritzburg, leaving 35% in rural areas without ready access to resources held by the KZNLS, particularly the material housed in its two libraries in Durban and Pietermaritzburg.

Technological developments and the Internet have provided the ideal medium to take our resources to attorneys in the smaller towns. The KZNLS has been encouraging its attorneys to connect to the Internet and use it in their businesses by offering free courses covering an introduction to both its websites (the main law society site and the library site), use of the Internet – background and guidelines on using it for research – and setting up and using e-mail efficiently.  Members are also offered basic websites free of charge as an incentive to become more electronically active.  The KZNLS continually arranges open days to promote awareness of its online library and information services as well as selected commercial services and products of interest to legal practitioners.

The main site, www.lawsoc.co.za, contains a searchable database of attorneys practising in KwaZulu-Natal, as well as generally useful information for members of the public. It caters for attorneys with collections of material relevant to specialisations such as property law, and delivers current examination details and results.  Electronic access has been arranged to digitised plans, diagrams and other information from the Surveyor-General in Pietermaritzburg.  The site also caters for visitors from further afield : a current example of this is our link from the homepage to A Brief Guide to South Africa, intended to help visitors to our country make the most of their visit.

The KwaZulu-Natal Law Society has been involved in the development of a Legal Resources Network which includes, apart from its two libraries, the KZN legislature’s library, the University of Natal (Pietermaritzburg) libraries, the Natal Society Library (a legal deposit library meaning that it is the only library in KZN to house a copy of every publication emanating from a South African source) and the local branch of the National Archives. Librarians in other provinces have expressed their willingness to be involved in the networking initiative and we are members of the Organisation of South African Legal Libraries which features a national list-server making it possible for librarians around the country to give advice to each other and frequently answer unlikely queries within minutes.

The KZNLS library website, www.lawlibrary.co.za, hosts two primary resources which are ground-breaking for the legal profession in this country.  A free weekly information bulletin, InfoUpdate, containing details of government gazettes, recent journal articles, judgments available on the Internet, topical news items, virus warnings and other information of relevance to legal practitioners is delivered by e-mail and archived on the Library website in the Notice Board area.  This bulletin is delivered to a large community in the legal, banking and information sectors.  Legal practitioners throughout the country and even abroad, as well as members of the public, e-mail the five information specialists employed by the KZNLS with requests for information ranging from copies of pieces of legislation, through case law to specific journal articles, and sometimes with general queries.  Copyright permitting, the librarians scan documents and deliver them electronically and free of charge, often within less than an hour of receipt of the request.  This type of request should be addressed to help@lawlibrary.co.za.  We welcome correspondence from all with an interest in the legal profession.

The experience gained by our information staff and their willingness to share what they have learned are among the reasons they have been invited to address one international and three national conferences recently.  Our websites have also received two international awards.

Our attitude to information technology is that it is a tool to help the individual reach a pre-determined end and should not dictate to the user what may or may not be accomplished.  We have made IT choices that sometimes break free from general trends and these decisions usually prove worthwhile and an inspiration to others who have been unsure of how to solve similar problems.

Technology and internet accessibility in particular, has made us part of the global community and able to participate more actively in the free flowing exchange of information that characterises an information society.

 

OVERVIEW OF FINANCES

The Finance Department is responsible for three major areas of accounting administration.  Two are functions directly involving the regulation of the profession : the administration of the Rule 21A Audit Reports and the Curator administration on behalf of the Attorneys Fidelity Fund (AFF).  The third is the accounting administration of the Society's activities, which relies on trust agency fees for over 60% of its income.

Rule 21A Audit Reports

All member firms are required to have their trust accounting records audited and the reports submitted to the Society, annually by existing firms, bi-annual interim reports by new firms and closing reports for firms closing or changing their composition. The reports are monitored for members’ compliance with certain provisions of the Attorneys Act and Society’s rules. Non-compliance, inconsistencies and qualifications are investigated and appropriate action taken where applicable. The reports also provide the Society with information regarding the interest and bank charges movements on trust accounts and certain investment accounts, the net interest accruing to the AFF. The Society acts as an agent for the AFF in collecting the interest liability from members and paying it to the AFF on a weekly basis. The Society currently administers reports from 1231 practises.

Curator Duties

The Society acts as Curator on behalf of the Fund in instances of member strike-offs and/or suspensions. The appointment as Curator by court order requires the Society to act as custodian of all files and accounting records in the interest of the public and specifically of the practitioner's clients. The Society facilitates the distribution of client files upon request of the clients or their appointed attorneys and liaises with the Fund in respect of claims against the Fund.

Administration and Accounting

The Society, being an independent statutory body, administers all accounting administration. Monthly management reports are referred to a Finance Committee for review. The Society administers two sets of accounts, being the Society’s Business accounts and the Curator accounts, requiring two independent audits. The Society’s Annual Financial Statements are presented to its membership at an Annual General Meeting for approval.

 

PRACTICE SUPPORT
AND
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

Practice Support Workshops

The Society organised a series of twenty-five workshops during 2002 for which members and non-members (for example, judges) served as lecturers. The workshops are self-funding and attendees pay only a nominal fee. Topics included labour law, matrimonial law, conveyancing, basic corporate law, maritime law, mergers and acquisitions, Road Accident Fund, Constitutional law, estates and trust, tax, and High Court and Trial advocacy.  Suggestions for further topics are currently being considered.

Bookkeeping Courses

The Business Development Manager (BDM) conducts practical bookkeeping workshops in Pietermaritzburg and Durban. Attorneys, candidate attorneys, bookkeepers and chartered accountants attend these courses.

Introductory Courses for New Practitioners
This is an innovative development which is synchronised with our web site , informing new practitioners on aspects of practical bookkeeping, electronic access, practice management and the operation of the Attorneys Fidelity Fund, Attorneys Insurance Indemnity Fund and Law Society of South Africa. A proposal that the courses become mandatory for new practitioners practising for their own account is being considered.

P ractice Support and Business Development Visits to Practitioners

The BDM particularly visits new practitioners mainly to assist with practical bookkeeping, practice management and aspects similar to those being dealt with at the introductory courses. The Society has now also appointed a Practice Management Officer (PMO) to assist with practice support and business development visits, the latter particularly with a view to maximise trust interest and minimise trust bank charges.

 

CURRENT LEGAL ISSUES IN SOUTH AFRICA INCLUDE:

The Legal Practice Bill

In April 2001 the Minister of Justice proposed a draft new Legal Practice Bill to govern the legal profession.  A Task Team consisting of an independent chairperson, representatives from attorneys, advocates, para-legals, corporate lawyers, prosecutors, law teachers and the Department of Justice was appointed to prepare a Draft Bill.  The issues included legal practitioners, with or without Fidelity Fund Certificates, candidate legal practitioners, para-legal practitioners, training, admission and enrolment, conveyancers, notaries, patent and trade mark practitioners, trust accounts, professional conduct and discipline, governing structures, accredited organisations, Legal Services Protector, Fidelity Fund, Regulations, Rules/Codes, and transitional provisions.  Two draft bills were delivered to the Minister of Justice, the second one being at the instance of the Law Society of South Africa.
Further information : IBA Committee 12 Newsletter dated September 2002 : article by Susan Abro, Council Member of the Law Society of South Africa and member of the Task Team.

 

The Electronic Communications and Transactions Act 25 of 2002

The new Electronic Communications Act which came into effect on 30 August 2002 is based on international “best practice”.  It affects every business transaction and understanding its implications will help attorneys compete effectively for the new business opportunities it presents.  It changes the business environment and creates new legal issues, especially involving intellectual property, that must be dealt with and clients expect attorneys to be able to advise them on local and, increasingly, global concerns.  It is part of a continuing process to make our country’s electronic framework globally compatible and bills on data privacy and security as well as interception and monitoring of communications are being debated at the moment prior to being enacted as statutes during next year.

 

CONTACTS AND USEFUL URLS

www.lawsoc.co.za - KwaZulu-Natal Law Society

www.lawlibrary.co.za - KwaZulu-Natal Law Society Libraries

ceo@lawsoc.co.za - Chief Executive Officer

info@lawsoc.co.za - general enquiries addressed to the Law Society

help@lawlibrary.co.za - information queries

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 Summary 

The stand represented the Law Society of South Africa (including Practical Legal Training and Continuing Legal Education), De Rebus, the Attorneys Fidelity Fund, KwaZulu-Natal Law Society, Cape Law Society, Law Society of the Northern Provinces and the Black Lawyers Association.  Two or three of the organisations that had been invited to participate did not supply information and were consequently not represented.

Most of our visitors were from other African countries which provided a rare opportunity to meet and discuss concerns of mutual interest.  It was generally agreed that it is time for Africa to present a united and positive front as too much negative and sometimes misleading publicity emanates from the continent.

The general impression left by visitors from America and Europe was surprise at the extent of our development in the electronic arena, particularly the fact that one of our websites has been ranked sixth on an international scale within eighteen months of its official inception.

SABC Radio broadcast an interview with Gavin McLachlan who acts as IT advisor to the KwaZulu-Natal Law Society at 6.40am on Wednesday 23 October to discuss the electronic initiatives of the KZNLS which had been brought to their attention at the conference.

Visitors were supplied with the brochure that appears above as an introduction to the KwaZulu-Natal Law Society.  In all, the experience was extremely positive.


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 Concepts 

The main objective was to identify and build on features unique to the KwaZulu-Natal Law Society.  One of the most noteworthy features of this province is its multi-cultural character.  With this in mind, the triangle was chosen as the basic symbol, being of significance in both the Xhosa and Zulu heritage, representing the family and unity.  This shape was used in the borders of the KZNLS' posters.  Brightly coloured drapes were used to represent the Indian heritage, being reminiscent of the elegance of saris.  A fairly stark arrangement of seedpods and other dired plants echoed the natural colours of the continent.


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websites:
www.lawlibrary.co.za
www.lawsoc.co.za 
 

email:
lawdbn@sai.co.za
help@lawlibrary.co.za

  telephone: 031-301 1621
033-345 1304
033-342 4064 (Pmb a/h)

 

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