CONFERENCES AND COURSES

Drafting schedules; Occupiers liability and public liability; Training the trainers; Employment law updates; Employment law update 20032, 10, 11, 12, 15, 16 September: Coursesorganised by the College of Personal Injury Law.

Schedules will be held on 2 September at the Euston Plaza Hotel, 17-18 Upper Woburn Place, London WC1, and on 16 September at Le Meridien V&A Hotel, Water Street, Manchester; Liability will be held on 10 September at the Ramada Plaza Hotel, Redcliffe Way, Bristol; Trainers will be held on 11 September at the Park Plaza Hotel, 41 Maid Marian Way, Nottingham; Employment law will be held on 12 September at the Euston Plaza Hotel, 17-18 Upper Woburn Place, London WC1, and on 15 September at Le Meridien V&A Hotel, Water Street, Manchester.

Each course runs from 9.30am to 5pm and carries 6 CPD hours.

Cost per course: 180 to 310.

Contact Fran Hubbard, tel: 0115 938 8700.

Probate practice and procedure update 2003; Survival guide to the Land Registration Act 20023, 4, 11, 17 September: Coursesorganised by Conveyancing Support Services, to be held on 2 September at the Minster Hotel, 58-60 Bootham, York; on 3 September at the Highfield Hotel, 335 Marton Road, Middlesbrough; on 4 September at the Quality Royal Hotel, 170 Ferensway, Hull; on 11 September at the Castle Hotel, Main Street, Hornby, Lancaster; and on 17 September at the Hanover International Hotel, Mayo Avenue, Bradford.

Probate will be held from from 9.30am to 12.30pm, and Land Registration Act from 2pm to 5pm.

Each course costs 95 plus VAT and carries 3 CPD hours.

Contact Jack Scaife, tel: 01482 679911.

Residential and commercial property; Neighbour nuisance; Planning enforcement10, 11, 12, 15 September: Coursesorganised by the Local Government Group, to be held at ETC Venues, Avonmouth House, 6 Avonmouth Street, London SE1.

Residential and commercial property will be held on 10 September; Neighbour nuisance will be held on 12 September; Planning enforcement will be held on 15 September.

Each course runs from 10am to 4pm, costs 149 plus VAT and carries 4.5 CPD hours.

Contact Lucy Fox, tel: 01483 275577.

How to run a profitable legal aid practice and pass your audits17 September: Courseorganised by Middlesex Law Society, to be held at Thames Valley University, St.

Mary's Road, Ealing, London W5, from 5pm to 8pm.

Cost 35 members, 50 non-members.

2 CPD hours.

Contact Peter Hesom, tel: 020 8567 5015, e-mail; PeterHesom@aol.com.

Employment discrimination law: the new framework18 September: Courseorganised by Citizens Advice Specialist Support Unit, to be held at Birmingham Voluntary Services Council, 138 Digbeth, Birmingham, from 10am to 4.30pm.

5 CPD hours.

Cost: 100 to LSC contract holders.

Contact Jill Garton, tel: 01902 310568.

Judicial review - advanced practice and procedure; Recent developments in traveller law24, 25 September; 18 December: Coursesorganised by the Legal Action Group, to be held at ETC Venues, Avonmouth House, 6 Avonmouth Street, London SE1.

Judicial review will be on 24 September and 18 December.

Traveller law will be on 25 September.

Each course runs from 9.30am to 5.15pm, costs 259 plus VAT and carries 6 CPD hours.

Contact Anji Mouelhi, tel: 020 7833 7429.

Solicitors 2003: legal services - a future framework25 and 26 September: Annual conferenceof the Law Society, to be held at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, Westminster, London.

10.5 CPD hours.

Cost 225-325 plus VAT.

Discounts for students and trainees.

Download booking form from www.events.lawsociety.org.uk.

Contact Judy Lane Consulting, tel: 01202 699 488, e-mail: solicitors2003@btopenworld.com.

LECTURES AND SEMINARS

Reaching resolution - a mock mediation showcase1 October: Seminarorganised by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, to be held at RICS, 12 Gt George Street, London SW1, from 3.30pm to 6.30pm.

Cost: members 65, non-members 75, plus VAT.

Contact Colin Parris, tel: 020 7695 1600, e-mail: events@rics.org.

MEETINGS AND EVENTS

Society of Asian Lawyers Ball20 September: Eventto be held at the SAS Portman Hotel, 22 Portman Square, London W1, from 7pm until late.

Guest speaker: Martin Bashir.

Tickets: members 65, non-members 70, including banquet.

Dress: black tie/traditional wear.

Send cheques payable to the Society of Asian Lawyers to Hanisha Patel, 35 Elm Drive, N.

Harrow, Middlesex, HA2 7BS.

Tel: 07956 160695, email: hanisha_p@yahoo.com.

International weekend26-28 September: Eventorganised by the London Young Solicitors Group, the London Trainee Solicitors Group, the Young Solicitors Group, the Trainee Solicitors Group, and the Young Barristers Committee of the General Council of the Bar, to be held at the Law Society, Chancery Lane, London WC2, from 4pm on Friday to 3pm on Sunday.

Includes gala ball at the Law Society on 27 September.

The cost of the entire event is 140.

Tickets for the ball only cost 60 (trainees and students 45).

Contact Linda Warminger, tel: 01727 896081.

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