17 april to 15 may

lectures and seminarsStep-by-step guide to successful Internet sites17 April: Seminarorganised by the Law Society, to be held at 113 Chancery Lane, London WC2, from 4pm to 7pm.

Cost: 117.50.

3 CPD hours.

Contact Mercy Cefaz, tel: 020 7316 5554.

Actions against the police I and II18 and 25 April: Seminarsorganised by Liberty, to be held at Linklaters & Alliance, 1 Silk Street, London EC2, from 5.30pm to 8.00pm.

Cost: 30 to 50.

Two CPD points.

Speakers from the criminal justice unit at Doughty Street Chambers.

Seminar one covers false imprisonment, Article 5; assault and deaths in custody, Articles 2 & 3; and discrimination and the HRA.

Seminar two covers police immunity to suit, Article 6; procedural matters; and damages under the HRA.

Contact: Zoe Gillard, tel: 020 7378 3667.

Railway disasters19 April: Lectureorganised by the Medico-Legal Society, to be held at the Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street, London W1, from 8.15pm to 9.30pm.

Speaker: John Hendy QC of Old Square Chambers.

1.25 CPD hours.

For more information, contact Jill Crombie, tel: 020 7839 0278.

Planning and human rights: life after Alconbury26 April: Evening seminarorganised by University College London, to be held at Herbert Smith, Exchange House, Primrose Street, London EC2, at 6pm.

Cost: 30 to 60.

2 CPD hours.

Speakers: Rabinder Singh of Matrix Chambers, William Upton of 1 Sergeants Inn, Sir Peter Hall of UCL, and Professor Richard Macrory of UCL.

Contact Lisa Penfold, tel: 020 7679 1514.

Marketing & the Internet2 May: Seminarorganised by the Law Society, to be held at 113 Chancery Lane, London WC2, from 4pm to 7pm.

Cost: 117.50.

3 CPD hours.

Contact Mercy Cefaz, tel: 020 7316 5554.Risk management3 May and 15 May: Seminarorganised by the Law Society, to be held on 3 May at 113 Chancery Lane, London WC2, and on 15 May at Fairfield Hall, Park Lane, Croydon, both from 5pm to 6.30pm.

Cost: 25.

1.5 CPD hours.

Contact Mercy Cefaz, tel: 020 7316 5554.

The management of construction arbitration14 May: Seminarorganised by International Chamber of Commerce UK, to be held at ICC UK, 14-15 Belgrave Square, London SW1, from 4pm to 8pm.

Cost: 95.

3 CPD hours.

For details, contact Caroline McGrath, tel: 020 7823 2811.

Environmental risk: respons-ibility of the law and science24 May: Lectureorganised by the Environmental Law Foundation, to be held at the Brunei Gallery, School of Oriental and African Studies, Thornhaugh Street, London WC1, at 6pm.

Lord Woolf will deliver the Professor David Hall lecture.

Cost: 15 to 20.

Contact: Sandra Hewett, tel: 020 7689 3116.

conferences and coursesSurvival guide to highways law26 April: Courseorganised by the Law Societys Local Government group, to be held at ETC Venues, Avonmouth House,6 Avonmouth Street, London SE1, from 1.30 to 5pm.

Cost: 69 plus VAT.

5 CPD hours.

Contact Martina Bobrzyk, tel: 01483 275577.

Registered Homes and Care Standards Act 200027 April: Courseorganised by the Law Societys Local Government group, to be at the Law Societys Hall, 113 Chancery Lane, London WC2 from 10am to 4.30pm.

Cost: 125 plus VAT.

5 CPD hours.

Contact Martina Bobrzyk, tel: 01483 275577.

Facing the future delivering legal aid in a contract culture27 April: Conferenceorganised by the Legal Action Group, to be held at Friends Meeting House, Euston Road, London NW1, from 9am to 4.45pm.

Speaker: David Lock, parliamentary secretary in the Lord Chancellors Department.

Contact Lisa Butchers, tel: 020 7833 7434.

Perspectives in international economic law4 May: Conferenceorganised by the Centre for Law and Business, University of Manchester, to be held at the Chancellors Conference Centre, Moseley Road, Fallowfield, Manchester, from 9am to 6pm.

Cost: 45.

6.5 CPD hours.

Dinner (optional) 16.

Contact Susan Lee, tel: 0161 275 3562/3561.

meetings and eventsGallery visit21 Aprilorganised by the Law Societys Art Group, to be held at Dulwich Picture Gallery, College Road, Dulwich, London SW21, at 11am.

Admission to gallery 4.

Lunch afterwards in the restaurant.

For details, contact Tom Butler, tel: 020 8852 5567.

The Communications White Paper24 April: Evening meetingorganised by the Law Societys European Group, to be held in the reading room at the Law Societys Hall, 113 Chancery Lane, London WC2, at 6.15pm.

Speaker: David Lumley of the DTI.

1 hour CPD.

Cost: 18 members, 20 non-members, 6.50 trainees.

For details, contact Debbie Harris, tel: 01905 724734.

Annual general meeting28 April: AGMof the Freelance Solicitors Group, to be held upstairs at the Boulevard Brasserie, Wellington Street, London WC2 at 12 noon.

For details, contact Janice Purssey, tel: 01322 435371.

Send entries to: Diary Section, Law Societys 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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