Diary - 19 May to 19 July

Diary - 19 May to 19 July

CONFERENCES AND COURSES

Maximising criminal costs 2;Staff records and supervision under the specialist quality mark22, 28 May: Coursesorganised by the Legal Aid Practitioners Group.

Criminal costs is on 22 May at Bristol Royal Marriott Hotel, College Green, Bristol, from 9.30am to 5pm.

Cost: 150 to 250 plus VAT.

5 CPD hours.

Staff records is on 28 May at the Royal Cambridge Hotel, Trumpington Street, Cambridge, from 1.30pm to 5pm.

Cost: 95 to 190 plus VAT.

2.5 CPD hours.

Contact Kate Comyn, tel: 020 7336 8565.

ASIM annual conference23 to 25 May: Conferenceorganised by the Association of Solicitor Investment Managers, to be held at Slaley Hall Hotel, near Hexham, Northumberland, from 9.20am to 5.30pm.

CPD available.

Cost: 100 day delegates, 400 full board, plus VAT.

Contact Elaine Reilly, tel: 01892 870065.

The Human Rights Act 1998 - its impact on social care;Community care complaints - ombudsman and judicial review30 May, 12 June: Coursesorganised by Carers UK.

Human Rights Act is on 30 May at Ruth Pitter House, Glasshouse Yard, London EC1; Community care is on 12 June in York (venue to be confirmed).

Each course runs from 9.45am to 4.30pm, costs 65 to 165, and carries 5 CPD hours.

Contact Chris Hockley, tel: 020 7566 7632.

Estate planning 2002: current issues30 May; 6, 20 June: Conferenceorganised by Matthew Hutton, chartered tax adviser, to be held on 30 May at the Cambridgeshire Moat House Hotel, Bar Hill, Cambridge; on 6 June at the Stonehouse Court Hotel, Bristol Road, Stonehouse, Gloucestershire; and on 20 June at Yorkshire Technology and Office Park, Armitage Bridge, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire.

Each conference runs from 9.30am to 5.15pm, costs 225 plus VAT, and carries 6 CPD hours.

Contact Matthew Hutton, tel: 01508 528388.

Asylum caseworker training project10-14 June and 8-10 July; 27 June to 3 July and 17-19 July: Eight-day courseorganised by the Legal Services Commission and the Immigration Law Practitioners Association, to be held on 10-14 June and 8-10 July at the Royal Station Hotel, Neville Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, and on 27-28 June, 1-3 July, and 17-19 July at Taurus Catering, 5-5a Luckwell Road, Ashton Gate, Bristol, from 9.15am to 4.30pm.

Cost: 400 to 600.

42 CPD hours.

contact Jane Savory, tel: 020 7250 3757.

A new Mental Health Act - reform or retreat?;Mental incapacity - who is deciding?20-21 June: Two-day conferenceorganised by the Law Society and the Royal College of Psychiatrists, to be held at the Senate House, University of London, Malet Street, London WC1, from 9.30am to 5.30pm on both days.

Mental Health Act is on 20 June and mental incapacity on 21 June.

Cost: from 211.50 to 352.50.

11 CPD hours.

Contact Rosemary McMahon, tel: 020 7233 8322.

LECTURES AND SEMINARS

The Shipman case and its legacy13 June: Lecture and discussionorganised 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 (AGM at 8pm).

Speaker: South Manchester coroner John Pollard.

1.25 CPD hours.

To join the society or attend as a guest, contact Eloise Aspinall, tel: 020 7839 0278.

The implications of11 September for an international rule of law18 June: Annual Mishcon lectureorganised by the Faculty of Laws, University College London, to be held at UCL, Gower Street, London WC1, from 7pm to 8pm.

Free; pre-booking essential.

Contact Lisa Penfold, tel: 020 7679 1514.

Possession proceedings18 June: Lectureorganised by North-West Housing Law Practitioners, to be held at Bridgewater Hall, Lower Mosley Street, Manchester, from 9.30am to 4.30pm.

Cost: up to 165.

7 CPD hours.

Contact Ben Taylor, tel: 0161 224 3311.

Terrorism: mapping the new legal framework28 June: Lectureorganised by JUSTICE, to be held at the Hatton, 51-53 Hatton Garden, London EC1, from 9.30am to 5pm.

Cost: 105 to 210.

6 CPD hours.

Contact Ruth Allen, tel: 020 7762 6437.

MEETINGS AND EVENTS

An honest politician19 May: Play premierestaged by Eugenie Productions, to be held in the Ondaatje lecture theatre, National Portrait Gallery, St Martin's Place, London WC2, at 3pm.

Premiere of play by Penningtons associate Caroline Summerfield on the life of John Wilkes, who was jailed for sedition and later became Lord Mayor of London.

Free admission.

Contact Stephen Allen, tel: 020 7312 2417.

Law Society Cricket Club28 May, 11 June : Cricket matchesto be played on 28 May at St Catharine's College, Trumpington Street, Cambridge, and on 11 June at St John's College, Woodstock Road, Oxford, both at 2pm.

Free admission.

The club is also interested in finding new players.

Contact Richard O'Hagan, tel: 0118 951 6614.

Summer ball19 July: Eventorganised by South and Mid Wales Trainee Solicitors Group, to be held at the Angel Hotel, Cardiff, from 7pm.

Tickets 30.

Contact Gary Rocks, tel: 01685 371122.

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