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 In Memoriam 

L’Association est triste d’apprendre le décès d’un ancien administrateur et trésorier de l’AJFB, en France. Cher et fidèle ami de tous, Denis Lavoir représentait aussi les huissiers au sein de l’Association. The Society is saddened to learn of the passing of a past Director and past Treasurer of the AJFB in France. A dear and faithful friend to all, Denis Lavoir also represented the "Huissiers" in the Society.

Il était loyal à l’Association et ses objectifs pour deux décennies. He was loyal to the Society and its aims for two decades. 

Robert Badinter (1928-2024)

Ancien Ministre de la Justice, Président du Conseil Constitutionnel et Sénateur

Fionnuala CONNOLLY Bar NI
 

Director and Vice-President of the Society, Présidente of the Northern Ireland Section
 

Fionnuala has been appointed Judge of the Royal Court of Guernsey. 

The ceremony of Remembrance was held at The French Military Cemetery, Brookwood. The ceremony is both solemn and full of emotion 

Military and civilian representatives of the organisations in the U.K. were present.

The Senators and the Deputy for the U.K. with the new Consul General Samer MELKI were present with the new Ambassador of France in the middle and at her right the Defence Attaché Admiral Hervé HAMELIN

The military and civilian organisations before laying their wreaths.

On the 2nd and 3rd November the Society took part in the official visits organised by the FAFGB, of which the Society is a longtime member. It was a first visit to the Senate but annual visits took place to the National Assembly before the pandemic.

Tribute

Hamish was the Society’s First Academic Director, he died in London on 22 October 2022, aged 87 years.  
Appointed by the Board as it first Academic Director in the mid 1990s, he continued in that role for almost a decade and then supported his successor. He gave his support to the Society’s events. The last time was at the Résidence in London for the Maritime Colloquium in June this year.

Dear Friends

The news was not a surprise, but it was a shock.  I remember hearing, when in primary school, from a weeping teacher of the death of King George VI, and feeling, like my classmates, both awed and uncertain. Many years later, I understand the feeling.