Diary - 20 May to 10 June
CONFERENCES AND COURSES
Security of tenure: advanced;Housing possession cases under civil procedure rules;Housing law update;Running a quality mark advice service21, 24, 28 May: Coursesorganised by Shelter.
Security of tenure is on 21 May at York CVS, Priory Street Centre, Priory Street, York.
Housing possession is on 21 May at Friends' Meeting House, Mount Street, Manchester.
Housing law is on 24 May and Quality mark advice is on 28 May, both at Shelter Training, 168-172 Old Street, London EC1.
Each runs from 10am to 4.30pm and carries 5 CPD hours.
Cost: 85 to 166.
Contact Katy Ellis, tel: 020 7490 6720.
Child care advocacy;Preparing for court: environmental health and trading standards;Education employment issues and school governors' powers21, 22, 24 May: Coursesorganised by the Law Society's Local Government Group and the Association of Council Secretaries and Solicitors, to be held at 6 Avonmouth Street, London SE1.
Child care is on 21 May, from 10am to 5pm.
Cost: 165 plus VAT.
5.5 CPD hours.
Preparing for court is on 22 May and Education is on 24 May, both from 10am to 4pm.
Each costs 135 plus VAT and carries 4.5 CPD hours.
Contact Martina Bobrzyk, tel: 01483 275577.
Transfer of undertakings24 May: Courseorganised by the National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux specialist support unit, to be held at NACAB training centre, Wade House, Merrion Centre, Leeds, from 10am to 4.30pm.
5 CPD hours.
Cost 50 for LSC contract holders.
Contact Jill Garton, tel: 01902 310568
The 2002 Woman Lawyer Forum: the future for women lawyers25 May: Conference organised by the Law Society, the Bar Council, the Institute of Legal Executives and the Lord Chancellor's Department, to be held at the Grosvenor House Hotel, Park Lane, London W1, from 9am to 4.30pm.
Cost: 125 plus VAT.
5 CPD hours.
Contact Pamela Bhalla or Kathryn Hamylton, tel: 020 7242 0082.
Employment law;Housing law;Immigration law27, 31 May: Coursesorganised by the Legal Services Commission and Two Garden Court Chambers, to be held at Hamilton House, Mabledon Place, London, WC1, from 9.30am to 5pm.
Employment and housing law are both on 27 May, and immigration is on 31 May.
Each course costs 29.38 to 235 and carries 7 CPD hours.
Contact Stephanie Cartwright, tel: 020 7415 6366.
Capital taxation and estate planning30 May: Conferenceorganised by the Law Society and Matthew Hutton, chartered tax adviser, to be held at the Cambridgeshire Moat House Hotel, Bar Hill, Cambridge, from 9.30am to 5.15pm.
Cost: 225 plus VAT.
6 CPD hours.
Contact Matthew Hutton, tel: 01508 528388.
LECTURES AND SEMINARS
Reform of the European Court of Human Rights20 May: half-day seminarorganised by the British Institute of Human Rights and the Law Society, to be held in the Strand Room, the Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London WC2, from 9.30am to 1pm.
Free admission.
CPD hours available.
Contact Hannah Pearce, tel: 020 7401 2712.
Restitution;Partnering under the new engineering contract: is there a need for partnering contracts?21, 23 May: Lecturesorganised by the Society of Construction Law.
Restitution is on 21 May and will be held at the Holiday Inn, Pear Tree roundabout (off the A34), Oxford, from 6pm.
Free.
Partnering is on 23 May and will be held at the Village Hotel, Pendwyallt Road, Coryton, Cardiff, from 6pm.
Free.
CPD hours.
Contact Jackie Morris, tel: 01235 770606.
Customer relationship management - faster, smarter, bigger - but is it working30 May: Lectureorganised by the Chartered Institute of Marketing Bristol & West branch, to be held in the chemistry lecture theatre, Bristol University, Woodlands Road, Bristol, from 7pm to 9.30pm.
Speaker: Professor Malcolm McDonald.
Cost: 5 to 12.50.
2.5 CPD hours.
Contact David Ferris, tel: 01373 455645.
Judicial review: recent developments in practice and procedure10 June: Seminarorganised by Wales Public Law & Human Rights Association, to be held at the Law Department, University of Wales, Singleton Park, Swansea, from 4pm.
Cost: 25.
3 CPD hours.
Contact Kathleen Williams, tel: 029 2070 8554.
MEETINGS AND EVENTS
Information evening14 May: Eventorganised by Birmingham Law Society, to be held in the library, the Law Society, 8 Temple Street, Birmingham, from 6pm to 8pm.
Baroness Scotland of Asthal QC and members of the Lord Chancellor's Department Judicial Group will provide information on the judicial appointments process.
Free.
Contact Linda Winter, tel: 020 7320 5680.
An evening of Flamenco guitar music23 May: Summer party organised by Law Society's Art Group, to be held at St Olave's Church, Hart Street, London EC3, from 6.30pm Music by Flamenco guitarist, Martn 'el de la Camisa Roja'.
6.30 pm.
Free admission.
Contact Tom Butler, tel: 020 8852 5567.
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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