Diary - 14 March to 2 May
Conferences and coursesFamily-friendly employment legislation and rights19 March: Courseorganised by North Staffordshire Law Society, to be held at the Law School, Staffordshire University, Leek Road, Stoke-on-Trent, from 6pm to 8pm.
Cost: 30.
2 CPD hours.
Contact Pat Holdcroft, tel: 01782 294689.
Housing possession cases under the new civil procedure rules19 March: Courseorganised by Shelter, to be held at Shelter Training, 168-172 Old Street, London EC1, from 10am to 4.30pm.
Cost: 113-166.
5 CDP hours.
Contact training administrator Katy Ellis, tel: 020 7490 6720
Election law update; Committees stage 220, 21 March: Courses organised by the Law Society's Local Government Group.
Election law update is on 20 March at ETC Venues, Bonhill House, 1-3 Bonhill Street, London EC2, from 10am to 4pm.
Cost: 145 plus VAT.
4.5 CPD hours.
Committees Stage 2 is on 21 March at the Law Society's Hall, 113 Chancery Lane, London WC2, from 10am to 4.30pm.
Cost: 165 plus VAT.
5 CPD hours.
Contact Martina Bobrzyk, tel: 01483 275577.
Debt and consumer law; Homelessness and allocations26 March, 11 April: Coursesorganised by the Legal Action Group, to be held at ETC Ltd, 6 Avonmouth Street, London SE1, from 9.30am to 5.15pm.
Debt is on 26 March; Homelessness is on 11 April.
Both courses cost 239 and carry 6 CPD hours.
Contact Lisa Butchers, tel: 020 7833 7434.
Lectures and seminarsHuman rights, decency and social exclusion14 March: Lectureorganised by the British Institute of Human Rights, to be held in the Great Hall, King's College London, 152-170 Strand, London WC2, from 1pm to 2pm.
Speaker: Martin Narey, director-general of the Prison Service.
Admission free: no pre-booking required.
Contact Hannah Pearce, tel: 020 7401 2712.
Memorials to injustice: when law meets culture (a Chinese case); Terrorism or the law of war: the military perspective14 March, 11 April: Lectures and discussionsorganised by Cavendish Publishing, to be held at the Union Tavern, 52 Lloyd Baker Street, London WC1.
Memorials to injustice is on 14 March.
Speaker: Stephan Feuchtwang of the London School of Economics.
Terrorism is on 11 April.
Speaker: David Meltzer of the University of Kent.
Each lecture begins at 6.30pm and costs 5.
Contact Beverley Brown, tel: 020 7278 8000.
Money laundering - solicitors as gatekeepers14, 21 March, 4, 18 April, 2 May: Roadshoworganised by Law Society regional offices, to be held on 14 March at the Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London WC2, from 4pm to 6pm (contact Mercy Cefaz, tel: 020 7316 5554); on 21 March at the Oake Manor Golf Club, Oake, near Taunton, from 5pm to 7pm (contact Elizabeth Dyer, tel: 01179 304824); on 4 April at the Tickled Trout Hotel, Preston New Road, Preston, from 4pm to 6pm (contact Kathy Smith, tel: 01772 561114); on 18 April at Girton College, Cambridge, from 4.30 to 6.45pm (contact Julie Bissmire, tel: 01223 328924) and on 2 May at Cardiff Law School, Museum Avenue, Cardiff, from 5pm to 7pm (contact Richard Jones, tel: 02920 645254).
Each roadshow costs 29.38 and carries 2 CPD hours.
The incorporation of terms into reinsurance contracts as 'original' recent developments15 March: Lectureorganised by the British Insurance Law Association, to be held in the Old Library, Lloyd's Building, One Lime Street, London EC3, from 1pm to 2pm.
Speaker: barrister Stephen Berry.
Admission free.
No pre-booking required.
1 CPD hour.
Contact Cary Depel, tel: 020 7327 8344.
Change for the better?18 March: Lectureorganised by NAGALRO, the professional organisation for family court advisers, to be held at the Cavendish Conference Centre, Duchess Mews, Duchess Street, London W1, from 11am to 4.30 pm.
Cost: 65 to 130.
4 CPD hours.
Contact Karen Harris, tel: 01372 818504.
Housing law update21 March: Lectureorganised by West Essex Law Society, to be held at Packfords Hotel,16 Snakes Lane West, Woodford Green, Essex,from 5pm to 8.15pm.
Cost: 80 plus VAT.
3 CPD hours.
Contact Christine Montague, tel: 020 8505 4110.
Meetings and eventsAnnual general meeting13 March: Meetingorganised by the Central and South Middlesex Law Society, to be held at the Ramada Jarvis International Hotel, Ealing Common, London W5, at 6.30pm.
Guest speaker: Law Society Chief Executive Janet Paraskeva.
Includes presentation by Communicate Media Consultancy on 'Getting the most out of the media'.
Admission free.
1.5 CPD hours.
Contact Alured Darlington, tel: 020 8579 2559.
Pre-season drinks21 March: Eventorganised by the Law Society Yacht Club, to be held at the Counting House, 50 Cornhill, London EC3, from 6pm.
The evening will include an outline of the forthcoming season's activities.
Contact Susan Leon, tel: 020 7400 5023.
Annual dinner21 March: Eventorganised by the Law Society Commerce and Industry Group, to be held at the Caf Royal, 68 Regent Street, London W1, at 7pm for 7.30pm.
Tickets 49.50 members, 79.50 non-members.
Contact Jennifer Pennington, tel: 01925 225 131.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: steve.jones@lawsociety.org.ukInclude telephone number, venue, cost and any CPD accreditation
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