Commwiiqu &o, 53/1
(unoficial )
The following informatio fromthe Registry of the International Court
of Justice has been comunicated tathe press:
The opening of oral proceedings in the Ambatielos case, submitted to
the Internationa Court of Justice by the HelLenLc Goverment against the
United Kingdom, ha^ been fhed for March Z3rd at lQ,3Oa.m,at the Peace
Palace, The Hague.
I The representativeos f the twogovernmenti sn Courtwill be:
For the Hellenic Government:
Agent: His Fxcellency M. Nicolas e, Lély, hvoy Extraordinary and
MlizisterPlenipotentiary for the Hellenic Governent at
The Hague;
Counsel: The Right Honawable Sir Frank Soskice, &.Ce, M.P., ex
Attorney --General for the United Kingdom,
Mr. C. John Colombes, Q.C., LL.D,,
Professor HenriRolin of the University of BrusseZs, former
President of the Belgian Senate.
Agent: MT,W. V. J.Evans, Assistant Legal Adviser, Forelgn office;
Cownzel: Mr. G, G. Fitzmaurice, C.M.G., Second Legal Adviser to the
Foreign Office,
Mr. J. E. S. Fawcett,D.S.C., Member of theEnglish Bar,
MF. D. H. N. Johnson, AssistantLegalAdviser, Foreign
Office,
The Hague, Mach 17th, 1953.
- Representatives of the two Governments for the oral proceedings
Ambatielos (Greece v. United Kingdom) - Representatives of the two Governments for the oral proceedings