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Max Hardy on the Anglo-Dutch Exchange in London this Autumn and the need for barristers with spare rooms to act as hosts.
Tuesday 28 October to Saturday 1 November 2014 sees the Anglo-Dutch Exchange (ADE) taking place in London. This biennial event alternates between The Netherlands and the United Kingdom. 30 young lawyers from the Young Bars of Amsterdam, The Hague and Rotterdam will be coming to London to see, hear and learn about the English justice system. The Exchange is being organised jointly by the Young Barristers’ Committee, the Junior Lawyers’ Division and the London Young Lawyers Group. It has one of the longest and most distinguished pedigrees of any legal exchange having been instituted in 1966.
The purpose of this article is to recruit hosts for the Dutch lawyers. Some readers will have generously performed this role before and we hope very much will feel able to offer a spare room once again. Ideally we are looking for barristers who live in central London although this is not essential; also there is no age limit for the hosts. Accommodation will be required from the evening of 28 October to the morning of 1 November.
The exchange itself
In 2012 I was fortunate enough to attend the ADE when it was held across three Dutch cities and delegates were given exposure to the different focuses prevailing in them: Rotterdam primarily specialising in maritime law; The Hague with its focus on International Criminal Law; and Amsterdam, the commercial law centre of The Netherlands. The Dutch lawyers laid on a packed, varied and hugely enjoyable programme.
Exchanges with the Dutch are particularly valuable because they have among the best English language skills of lawyers outside the Common Law jurisdictions and anybody interested in gaining an insight into Continental inquisitorial legal systems would be well advised to grasp any opportunity of meeting with Dutch lawyers.
Furthermore the Dutch have historically been very keen to turn out towards the world, no doubt partly explaining why The Hague has become such a centre of international law.
The ADE is commencing on the evening of Tuesday 28 October with a reception kindly hosted by the Junior Lawyers’ Division at the Law Society on Chancery Lane. This will give the visiting delegates an opportunity to be united with their hosts, be briefed on the events of the week and meet any sponsors who would like an opportunity to interact with the Dutch.
A website has been launched which sets out in more detail what the programme includes, a link to which can be found on the YBC page of the Bar Council website: http://www.barcouncil. org.uk/about-us/constitution-and-structure/committees/youngbarristers’- committee/.
Other highlights of the exchange are:
Anyone able to host one or two lawyers is urged to contact me as soon as possible. In addition, we need barristers to host the Dutch lawyers when they visit the Inns. I can personally vouch for the friendliness of the Dutch and the strength of the friendships that result from this act of hospitality. My warmest memories of the trip to The Netherlands were of staying with my generous host in her flat in The Hague. Do get in touch.
The purpose of this article is to recruit hosts for the Dutch lawyers. Some readers will have generously performed this role before and we hope very much will feel able to offer a spare room once again. Ideally we are looking for barristers who live in central London although this is not essential; also there is no age limit for the hosts. Accommodation will be required from the evening of 28 October to the morning of 1 November.
The exchange itself
In 2012 I was fortunate enough to attend the ADE when it was held across three Dutch cities and delegates were given exposure to the different focuses prevailing in them: Rotterdam primarily specialising in maritime law; The Hague with its focus on International Criminal Law; and Amsterdam, the commercial law centre of The Netherlands. The Dutch lawyers laid on a packed, varied and hugely enjoyable programme.
Exchanges with the Dutch are particularly valuable because they have among the best English language skills of lawyers outside the Common Law jurisdictions and anybody interested in gaining an insight into Continental inquisitorial legal systems would be well advised to grasp any opportunity of meeting with Dutch lawyers.
Furthermore the Dutch have historically been very keen to turn out towards the world, no doubt partly explaining why The Hague has become such a centre of international law.
The ADE is commencing on the evening of Tuesday 28 October with a reception kindly hosted by the Junior Lawyers’ Division at the Law Society on Chancery Lane. This will give the visiting delegates an opportunity to be united with their hosts, be briefed on the events of the week and meet any sponsors who would like an opportunity to interact with the Dutch.
A website has been launched which sets out in more detail what the programme includes, a link to which can be found on the YBC page of the Bar Council website: http://www.barcouncil. org.uk/about-us/constitution-and-structure/committees/youngbarristers’- committee/.
Other highlights of the exchange are:
Anyone able to host one or two lawyers is urged to contact me as soon as possible. In addition, we need barristers to host the Dutch lawyers when they visit the Inns. I can personally vouch for the friendliness of the Dutch and the strength of the friendships that result from this act of hospitality. My warmest memories of the trip to The Netherlands were of staying with my generous host in her flat in The Hague. Do get in touch.
Max Hardy on the Anglo-Dutch Exchange in London this Autumn and the need for barristers with spare rooms to act as hosts.
Tuesday 28 October to Saturday 1 November 2014 sees the Anglo-Dutch Exchange (ADE) taking place in London. This biennial event alternates between The Netherlands and the United Kingdom. 30 young lawyers from the Young Bars of Amsterdam, The Hague and Rotterdam will be coming to London to see, hear and learn about the English justice system. The Exchange is being organised jointly by the Young Barristers’ Committee, the Junior Lawyers’ Division and the London Young Lawyers Group. It has one of the longest and most distinguished pedigrees of any legal exchange having been instituted in 1966.
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