Diary - 12 September to 18 November
CONFERENCES AND COURSES
Estate planning 2002 - current issues; Stamp duty 2002/03 - getting it right17, 24 September, 1, 17 October: Conferencesorganised by Matthew Hutton.
Estate planning will be held on 17 September at Chilworth Manor, Chilworth, Southampton; on 1 October at Loughborough University, Loughborough; and on 17 October at the Holiday Inn, King's Cross Road, London WC1.
Stamp duty will be held on 24 September at the Holiday Inn, King's Cross Road, London WC1.
Each runs from 9am to 5.15pm, costs 225 to 250 plus VAT and carries 6 CPD hours.
Contact Matthew Hutton, tel: 01508 528388 or e-mail: mhutton@paston.co.uk
Legal aid: the next generation20 and 21 September: Conferenceorganised by the Legal Aid Practitioners Group, to be held at the Waltham Abbey Marriott Hotel, Old Shire Lane, Waltham Abbey, Essex, from 10.30am to 5pm.
Cost: up to 275 (members) or 375 (non-members).
9 CPD hours.
Contact Kate Comyn, tel: 020 7336 8565.
Solicitors 2002 - the changing legal landscape27 and 28 September: Annual conferenceof the Law Society, to be held at the Manchester International Convention Centre, Windmill Street, Manchester.
Speakers include the Attorney-General, Lord Goldsmith QC (Friday) and the Home Secretary, David Blunkett (Saturday).
Cost: 195 to 295, plus VAT.
Discounts for multiple bookings, trainees and young solicitors.
10 CPD hours.
Contact Danielle Richards, tel: 01625 267880 or e-mail: solicitors2002@rfb.co.uk
Young people, housing and homelessness; Asylum, refugees and housing; Anti-social behaviour - law and practice; Housing law update3, 9, October; 15, 18 November: Coursesorganised by Shelter.
Young people will be held on 3 October at York CVS, Priory Street, York; Asylum will be held on 9 October at Shelter Training, 168-172 Old Street, London, EC1; Anti-social behaviour will be held on 15 November at Friends Meeting House, Mount Street, Manchester; and Housing law will be held on 18 November at York CVS, Priory Street, York.
Courses run from 10am to 4.30pm, carry 5 CPD hours each and cost from 85 to 160.
Contact Katy Ellis, tel: 020 7490 6720.
Community care and housing; Housing benefit - introductory; Security of tenure - introductory; Homelessness and allocations law - advanced; Mortgage advice - the prevention of homelessness1-2, 8-9, 10-11 October: Two-day coursesorganised by Shelter, to be held at Shelter training, 168-172 Old Street, London EC1.
Community care and Housing benefit will be held on 1-2 October; Security of tenure will be held on 8-9 October; and Homelessness and Mortgage advice will be held on 10-11 October, all from 10am to 4.30pm.
Cost: 200 to 310.
10 CPD hours each.
Contact Katy Ellis, tel: 020 7490 6720
Judicial review: advanced practice and procedure2 October: Courseorganised by Legal Action Group, to be held at ETC Ltd, 6 Avonmouth Street, London SE1, from 9.30am to 5.15pm.
Cost: 239.
6 CPD hours.
Contact: Lisa Butchers, tel: 020 7833 7434 or e-mail: courses@lag.org.uk
LECTURES AND SEMINARS
Electronic signatures; On-line government; Can there be a global Internet law?12, 24, 27 September: Lecturesorganised by the Society for Computers and Law.
Signatures will be held on 12 September at Liverpool Law Society, 14 Cook Street, Liverpool, at 5.15pm.
1 CPD hour.
On-line government will be on 24 September at Linklaters, 1 Silk Street, London EC2, at 6.30pm.
1 CPD hour.
Internet law will be on 27 September at Henley River and Rowing Museum, Mill Meadows, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, at 5.45pm.
1.5 CPD hours.
Cost: 10 to 40.
Contact Caroline Gould, tel: 0117 923 7393.
PPC 2000 - the full monty10 October: Lectureorganised by the Society of Construction Law, to be held at the University of Bristol, Hawthorns, Woodland Road, Bristol, at 6.15pm.
Free.
1 CPD hour.
Contact Jackie Morris, tel: 01235 770606.
MEETINGS AND EVENTS
Law Society Cricket Club22 September: Cricket matchversus Middleton Stoney, to be played at Middleton Stoney Cricket Club, Middleton Stoney, Oxfordshire, at 1pm.
Free.
Contact Richard O'Hagan, tel: 0118 951 6614.
International young lawyers ball28 September: Eventorganised by the London Young Solicitors Group, to be held at London Zoo, Regent's Park, London NW1, from 7pm.
Tickets: 60 each.
Includes champagne reception, three-course meal, and wine.
Contact the Glasgows Group, tel: 01772 767780.
Sponsored 36-mile cycle ride6 October: Eventorganised by Janes Solicitors, starting at Haberdashers' Boys School, Elstree, at 9am.
Proceeds to the Joshua Gilbert Rhabdomyosarcoma Children's Cancer Appeal.
Contact Robert Berg, tel: 020 7495 7179.
Black-tie ball1 November: Eventorganised by the Trainee Solicitors Group and Cancer Research UK, to be held at the Tower Thistle Hotel, St Katharines Way, London E1, from 7pm, Tickets: 35 to 40.
Includes three-course meal, wine, and disco.
Send cheques to Julia Davenport, c/o 11 Broadmeadows, Manhattan Drive, Cambridge CB4 1JS.
Tel: 0771 3693007.
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
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