Professor Frank Bates, University of Newcastle Australia, October 1988

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DescriptionThis photo appeared in the Campus Bulletin, Number 11, October 31 - November 11, 1988. The text was: "Law representative back from the UK. Professor Frank Bates, Professor of Law, has returned to the University after spending about a month in the UK making visits to several universities. Professor Bates said that apart from participating in two important conferences he took the opportunity afforded him to make contact with academics from other jurisdictions. 'As the activities of the Department of Law expands, contact with other institutions and individuals is necessary to maintain the Department's recent impetus and keep it as the forefront of legal academic endeavour,' he said. Professor Bates travelled initially to the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, where he reinforced the links he had established during his visit last April. the first visit was most successful, he said, and t was hoped on both sides that links would be strengthened. In addition he was able to have valuable discussions with Professor D.W.Elliott, a leading English authority on the Law of Evidence, regarding Professor Bates' research project, Corroboration in Australian Law. Professor Bates was also able to make brief visits to the Universities of Sheffield and Durham. 'The maintenance of contacts with Sheffield University is of special importance, not only because I am a graduate of that University, but because it is one of the two strongest provincial law schools in England and the research interests of its staff members could also have future implications for the work of the Department of Law.' Professor Bates then attended two conferences at the University of Hull. 'Both conferences proved to be of substantial importance to the Department of law and the University,' he said. It was an honour to be invited to the Colloquium on Family Law organised by the United Kingdom Committee on Comparative law, which had two themes: Child Abuse and Neglect and the Grounds for Dissolution of Marriage. The paper presented by Professor Bates, entitled The Ground for Dissolution of Marriage and the Philosophy of the Family: The Australian Experience, was well received. the second conference at the University of Hull was the annual conference of the Society of Public Teachers of Law. Professor Bates said it was especially appropriate that he, or someone from Australia, attended the conference, as its theme was Law and the Commonwealth. 'The major importance of my attendance at the conference was the opportunity to meet, or renew acquaintance, with distinguished legal academics. 'In particular, I met Professor P.B.H. Birks, Regius Professor-elect of Civil Law at Oxford University. Professor Birks will be in sydney during 1989 and hopes to visit the Department of Law.' The main reason he spent a week at the Faculty of Law of the University of Bristol was the strong family law section there. In addition Professor Bates made a brief visit to the Faculty of Law at the University of Exeter." This image was scanned from a photograph in the University's historical photographic collection held by Special Collections. If you have any information about this photograph, or would like a higher resolution copy, please contact us or leave a comment.InformationSubjectFrank BatesUniversity of NewcastleNewcastle UniversityUON Photographer. © UONDatenot specifiedSourcehttps://www.flickr.com/photos/uon/3490374762/

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