The Gibraltar Government yesterday congratulated Head EU Draftsman, Paul Peralta at the EU and International Department on his re-election to the Council of the Commonwealth Association of Legislative Counsel (CALC)

CALC held its general meeting at the end of the conference, during which Paul stood for re-election to one of the two European seats on the Council. A Government statement noted that ‘his continued participation at all levels of CALC, and in particular his place on the Council, means that through Paul, Gibraltar enjoys positive exposure to some of the most senior legislative counsel in the Commonwealth’.

The Government sponsored Paul's attendance at the 30th anniversary conference held in Cape Town, South Africa following an invitation to chair a session on 'Legislative Sovereignty and the Globalisation of the Law'. At his session, papers were presented by a former director of legislative drafting (Ghana) and a former Sri Lankan Ambassador to Austria and board member of the International Atomic Energy Agency, amongst others.

At the conclusion of proceedings CALC members were hosted to a gala dinner by the Chief State Law Advisor, South Africa with the Chief Justice of South Africa as guest of honour.