Diary - 10 October to 10 December

CONFERENCES AND COURSES

Post-termination of employ-ment issues; Trades unions - collective employment law; Stress and PI claims in the employment tribunal; Local government and employment law - hot topics10, 14, 18 October: Conferencesorganised by Cloisters chambers.

Employment issues will be on 10 October at Balls Bros, Minster Court, Mincing Lane, EC3, from 2pm to 5pm; Trade unions will be on 10 October at Finches, 12a Finsbury Square, London EC2, from 6pm to 7.30pm; Stress and PI will be on 14 October from 6pm to 7.30pm, and Hot topics will be on 18 October from 2pm to 5pm, both at Balls Bros.

Free.

2.5 CPD hours each.

Contact Gerald Newman, tel: 020 7827 4000.

Community care law;Carers and their rights; Community care law - remedying the wrongs16 October; 19, 20 November: Coursesorganised by Carers UK, to be held at Ruth Pitter House, 20-25 Glasshouse Yard, London EC1, from 10am to 4.30pm.

Community care law will be on 16 October; Carers and their rights will be on 19 November; Remedying the wrongs will be on 20 November.

Cost: 90 to 165 each.

Community care law carries 4.5 CPD hours; the rest carry 5 CPD hours each.

Contact Chris Hockley, tel: 020 7566 7632.

Diversity: more ways than one25-27 October: Conference and AGMorganised by the Trainee Solicitors' Group, to be held at the Marriott Royal Hotel, College Green, Bristol, and @Bristol, Harbourside, Bristol, from 7pm on Friday to 12 noon on Sunday.

Cost: 42.50 to 190.

CPD accredited.

Contact Donna Pickard, tel: 01423 875222.

Criminal appeals26 October: Conferenceorganised by the Criminal Appeal Lawyers Association, to be held at the Methodist International Centre, 81-103 Euston Street, London NW1, from 10am to 4pm.

Cost: 35 to 80.

5 CPD hours.

For tickets, send cheques made out to CALA to Noam Almaz, Hickman & Rose, 144 Liverpool Road, London N1 1LA, DX Upper Islington 122234, tel: 020 7700 2211; e-mail: nalmaz@ hickmanandrose.co.uk

Tackling social exclusion together8 and 9 November: Conferenceorganised by the Law Centres Federation, to be held at Lensbury Conference Centre, Broom Road, Teddington Lock, Middlesex, from 11am to 5.30pm on Friday and from 9am to 5.30pm on Saturday.

Cost: 95 to 245.

9.5 CPD hours.

Contact Nicola Reid, tel: 020 7255 9590.

LECTURES AND SEMINARS

Liability for psychiatric injury; Limitation issues in PI and clinical negligence; Damages - schedules and counter-schedules15, 16, 17 October: Seminarsorganised by Cloisters chambers, to be held at Balls Bros, Minster Court, Mincing Lane, London EC3, from 6pm to 7.30pm.

Psychiatric injury will be on 15 October; PI and clinical negligence will be on 16 October; Damages will be on 17 October.

Free.1 CPD hour each.

Contact Gerald Newman, tel: 020 7827 4000.

Cohesion v identity: can democracy get the balance right?17 October: Lectureorganised by the British Institute of Human Rights, to be held in the Great Hall, King's College, 152-170 Strand, London WC2, from 1pm to 2pm.

Speaker: Trevor Phillips, chairman of the London Assembly.

Admission free.

Contact Hannah Pearce, tel: 020 7401 2712.

The new Land Registry rules; Employment law briefing - a round-up19 November, 10 December: Talksorganised by the London Young Solicitors Group, to be held at the Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London WC2, at 6.30pm.

N2 will be on 15 October; Land Registry will be on 19 November; Employment Law will be on 10 December.

Members free, non-members 7.

Please note: the talk N2 - What you need to know, scheduled for 15 October, has been cancelled.

Contact Ben Rigby, tel: 020 7218 4796.

Welfare benefits update; Solicitors' accounts rules22, 23, 28 October; 12 November: Seminarsorganised by Altior.

Welfare benefits will be held on 22 October at the Commonwealth Institute, 230 Kensington High Street, London W8, and on 12 November at the David Lloyd Club, Shady Lane, Birmingham from 2pm to 5.15pm.

Cost: 145 plus VAT.

Solicitors' accounts rules will be on 23 October at the Renaissance hotel, Blackfriars Street, Manchester, and on 28 October at the Commonwealth Institute, (address above), from 1.45pm to 5pm.

Cost: 165 plus VAT.

Each seminar carries 3 CPD hours.

Contact Janine Jones, tel: 029 2044 2036.

MEETINGS AND EVENTS

House of Commons dinner15 October: Eventorganised by West London Law Society and hosted by Clive Soley MP, to be held at the House of Commons, London SW1, at 7pm.

Tickets 35.

Contact David Fleming, tel: 020 7402 0373.

Young professionals ball19 October: Eventorganised by the Sheffield and South Yorkshire Trainee Solicitors Group, to be held at the Cutlers Hall, Church Street, Sheffield, from 7pm.

Tickets 35 each.

Theme: Midas touch.

Contact Patricia Shaw, e-mail: sheffieldtsg@hotmail.com

Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath21 October: Eventorganised by Poet in the City, to be held at Lovells, Atlantic House, Holborn Viaduct, London EC1, from 6.30pm to 8.30pm.

With Ted Hughes' biographer Elaine Feinstein and poet John Mole.

Contact Yasmin Waljee, tel: 020 7296 2000.

Send entries to: Diary Section, Law Society's Gazette, Newspaper House, 8-16 Great New Street, London EC4A 3BN.

Fax: 020 7831 0869.

E-mail: diary@lawsociety.org.ukInclude telephone number, venue, cost and any CPD accreditation