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WHLS International Sub Committee
WHLS International Sub Committee
The International Committee of the WHLS continues to work on building new relationships with bar associations around the world. Professional international relationships are something that the WHLS offers by receiving visitors from foreign Bar Associations which is frequently consolidated with the signing of a twinning agreement. The numerous twinning agreements in place with foreign bar association has made our society one of the most active for international practitioners.
In October 2023, our former President Carolina Marin Pedreño, as co-Chair of the International Committee, organised and hosted the legal visit by the Malaga Bar Association. A group of 35 lawyers from Malaga travelled to the capital for this legal exchange from 5th to 7th October 2023. The Malaga Bar Association consists of over 5000 registered lawyers and has a lot of interest in international law due to the continuous increase of international communities and businesses in the region. The Malaga Bar host a particularly popular law Congress in Spain in the Autumn of each year. Their International Committee was very interested in visiting WHLS because of our international links and the international firms that are members of our society. The Chair of the Malaga International Committee, Adolfo Martos Gross, together with their officer, Jose Maria del Rio Villo and the rest of the group were welcomed at The Law Society by the former President Nicola Ruppert of the WHLS and had the opportunity to meet members of the WHLS during a cocktail reception.
The following day the group attended seminars on Family Law and Probate at Dawson Cornwell Solicitors and after lunch they enjoyed a tour of the Royal Courts of Justice and Temple. In the afternoon, their educational programme continued with a presentation on Immigration Law at Laura Devine LLP where they also enjoyed afternoon tea. Their second day concluded with their attendance at the President’s dinner at The House of Lords where the group met the former President of The Law Society, Lubna Shuja and most of the officers and members of the Society. The last day of their legal visit concluded with a morning walk along the Thames and a stop at Borough market.
In November 2022, when Carolina was in Malaga to present on a conference on Child Abduction, she was received by Aurora Ortega of the Bar of Malaga who thanked the WHLS for hosting their members and made a formal invitation to attend their annual Congress in Autumn 2024 when the relationship between the two bars will no doubt continue to strengthen.
We will keep you informed of any events that will be organised with our new friends in Malaga.
