Diary - 2 June to 16 July

CONFERENCES AND COURSES

Homelessness and allocations law - advanced; Housing benefit - intermediate; Young people, housing and homelessness; Community care and housing2-3, 10-11, 17-18, 17-18 June: Two-day coursesorganised by Shelter.

Homelessness law will be held on 2-3 June at Friends Meeting House, Mount Street, Manchester; Housing Benefit will be held on 10-11 June at York CVS, Priory Street Centre, York; Young people will be held on 17-18 June at Friends Meeting House, Mount Street, Manchester; Community Care will be held 17-18 June at Shelter Training, 168-172 Old Street, London EC1.

Cost: 170 to 275.

Each course runs from 10am to 4.30pm and carries 10 CPD hours.

Cost: 170-275.

Contact Katy Ellis, tel: 020 7490 6720.

Introduction to planning law; Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act; Local authority freedom of information; Taxi licensing4, 5, 9, 10 June: Coursesorganised by the Local Government Group.

Freedom of information will be held at the National Union of Teachers, Hamilton House, Mabledon Place, London, WC1; the others will be held at ETC Venues, Avonmouth House, 6 Avonmouth Street, London SE1.

Introduction to planning law will be held on 4 June from 10am to 4.30pm.

5 CPD hours.

Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act will be held on 5 June from 10am to 4pm.

4.5 CPD hours.

Local authority freedom of information will be held on 9 June from 10am to 4.30pm.

5 CPD hours.

Taxi licensing will be held on 10 June from 10am to 4pm.

4.5 CPD hours.

Cost: 149 to 169 plus VAT.

Contact Lucy Fox, tel: 01483 275577.

Licensing - preparing for change: Anti-social behaviour - a corporate approach9 June; 9 July: Coursesorganised by Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council and the Association of Greater Manchester Authorities, to be held at Bolton Town Hall, Bolton, Lancashire.

Each course runs from 9.30am to 4.30pm, costs 95, and carries 6 CPD hours.

Contact Sharon Gerrard, tel: 01204 331119.

UK accounting - current developments and controversies26 June: Course organised by the Association of Solicitor Investment Managers, to be held at the London Chamber of Commerce, 33 Queen Street, London, EC4 from 9.30am to 5pm.

Cost 195 to 295 plus VAT.

6 CPD hours.

Contact Elaine Reilly, tel: 01892 870065.

How to earn a living as a lawyer16 July: Courseorganised by the Association of Law Costs Draftsmen, to be held at the Methodist International Centre, 81-103 Euston Street, London NW1, from 9.30am to 5pm.

For trainee solicitors and legal executives.

Cost: 206.63.

5.5 CPD hours.

Contact Sheila Chapman, tel: 01379 741404.

LECTURES AND SEMINARS

Land Registration Act 2002 and the Land Registration Rules 20033 June: Seminarorganised by Nottinghamshire Law Society, to be held at the Strathdon Hotel, Derby Road, Nottingham, from 5.15pm to 7pm.

Cost: 40 to 50.

1.5 CPD hours.

Contact Mike Lewis, tel: 0115 9505324.

What is tort law for?6 June: Lord Upjohn Lectureorganised by the Association of Law Teachers, to be held at the Inns of Court School of Law, Grays Inn, London, from 6pm to 7pm, followed by wine.

Free admission.

Speaker: John Gardner, Professor of Jurisprudence at the University of Oxford.

Contact Michael Doherty, tel: 01772 893074.

Discrimination at work: legal update13 June: Seminarorganised by Cloisters Chambers, to be held at the Royal Commonwealth Society, Northumberland Avenue, London SW1, from 2pm to 5pm.

Free admission.

3 CPD hours.

Contact Gerald Newman, tel: 020 7827 4050.

The need for a precise record of land parcel boundaries in England and Wales17 June: Lectureorganised by the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, to be held at the Institute, 17 Russell Square, London WC, from 6pm to 7pm.

Free.

Contact Belinda Crothers, tel: 020 7862 5841.

Live issues in the law of death23 June: Seminarorganised by Hogarth Chambers and the Birmingham Society of Trust and Estates Practitioners, to be held at the Kingston Theatre, Austin Court, 80 Cambridge Street, Birmingham, from 9.30am to 5pm.

Cost: 100 plus VAT.

6 CPD hours.

Contact Susan Yacoub, tel: 020 7404 0404.

Litigation: a new dental disease24 June: Lectureorganised by the Dental Law and Ethics Forum committee, to be held at Hempson's, 40 Villiers Street, London WC2, from 7pm to 8.30pm.

Free.

Contact Richard Birkin, tel: 07768 357812.

MEETINGS AND EVENTS

Tribute to Larry Grant24 June: Eventorganised by the Immigration Law Practitioners Association, to be held at Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, London WC1, from 6.30pm to 9pm.

Larry was a civil rights and immigration specialist.

Contact Elizabeth White, tel: 020 7251 8383.

YSG chair's dinner and disco4 July: Eventorganised by the Young Solicitors Group, to be held at the Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London WC2, from 7pm until 1am.

Speaker: Helena Kennedy QC.

Tickets 75.

Contact Linda Warminger, tel: 01727 896088.

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