Diary - 20 May to 9 July

CONFERENCES AND COURSES

Avoiding complaints21 May: Courseorganised by the South London Law Society, to be held at the Law Society's Hall, 113 Chancery Lane, London WC2, from 3pm to 5pm.

Cost: members 15, non-members 20.

2 CPD hours.

Contact Mercy Cefaz, tel: 020 7316 5554.

Prosecutions part 2 - advanced; Introduction to planning law; Regulation Of Investigatory Powers Act; Local authority freedom of information22 May, 4, 5, 9 June: Coursesorganised by the Law Society's Local Government Group.

Prosecutions will be held on 22 May, and Planning on 4 June, both from 10am to 4.30pmand Investigatory Powers Act will be held on 5 June, from 10am to 4pm, all at ETC Venues, Avonmouth House, 6 Avonmouth Street, London SE1.

Each course costs 149 plus VAT and carries 5 CPD hours.

Freedom of information will be held on 9 June at the National Union of Teachers, Hamilton House, Mabledon Place, London WC1, from 10am to 4.30pm.

Cost: 169 plus VAT.

5 CPD hours.

Contact Lucy Fox, tel: 01483 275577.

Risk management and professional indemnity27 May: Courseorganised by Alexander Forbes Professions and the City of Westminster and Holborn Law Society, to be held at the Law Society's Hall, 113 Chancery Lane, London WC2, from 4pm to 6pm.

Free admission.

2 CPD hours.

Contact Morag Goldfinch, tel: 020 7316 5554.

Winning 'unwinnable' PI cases - essential employment law for PI lawyers; Risk assessment for CFA funding; Manual handling28, 29 May; 26 June: Coursesorganised by the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers.

Unwinnable cases will be held on 28 May at Jurys Hotel, Prince Street, Bristol; Risk assessment will be held on 28 May, and Manual handling on 29 May, both at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Wellington Street, Leeds.

Each course runs from 9.30am to 5pm, costs 180 (members) or 225 (non members) and carries 6 CPD hours.

Contact Angela Ward, tel: 0115 938 8700.

Managing billing: how to create a win/win strategy2 June: Courseorganised by the Law Society, to be held at Ealing Town Hall, New Broadway, Ealing, London W5, from 4pm to 7pm.

Cost: 90 plus VAT.

3 CPD hours.

Contact Mercy Cefaz, tel: 020 7316 5554.

Employment Act 2002 - challenges, opportunities and threats12 June: Conferenceorganised by the University of Wolverhampton's School of Legal Studies and Wolverhampton Business School, to be held at Wolverhampton Science Park, Glaisher Drive, Wolverhampton, from 9am to 5pm.

Cost: 145 plus VAT.

6 CPD hours.

Contact Julie Legg, tel: 01902 824291.

Acting for the vulnerable client25 June: Conferenceorganised by Solicitors for the Elderly, to be held at the Holiday Inn, 1 Kings Cross Road, London WC1, from 9.30am to 4.45pm.

Cost: members 195, non-members 245.

6 CPD hours.

Contact Donna Brookes, tel: 01733 326769.

LECTURES AND SEMINARS

Planning for a small island21 May: Lectureorganised by the Environmental Law Foundation, to be held at King's College, 150 Stamford Street, London SE1, from 6pm.

Speaker: Fiona Reynolds, director-general of the National Trust.

Cost: 5 to 10, including refreshments at 8pm.

1.5 CPD hours.

Contact Anastasia Calder, tel: 020 7404 1030.

Earnings-related losses in personal injury and medical negligence3, 11, 12, 19 June: Seminarorganised by the Tenon Group, to be held on 3 June at the Marriott Worsley Park Hotel, Worsley, Manchester; on 11 June at the Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London WC2; on 12 June at the Hilton, Birmingham Road, Bromsgrove; and on 19 June at the Grange Ramada Jarvis Hotel, Northwoods, Winterbourne, Bristol.

Each course runs from 2pm to 5.30pm, costs 94, and carries 3 CPD points.

Contact Tim Sture, tel: 01257 518000.

Housing law update5 June: Seminarorganised by North-West Housing Law Practitioners, to be held at the Bridgewater Hall, Lower Mosley Street, Manchester, from 9am to 5.30pm.

Cost: 170 including lunch.

7 CPD hours.

Contact Ben Taylor, tel: 0161 224 3311.

The future of publicly funded legal services 20 May, 17 June: Lectureorganised by the Law Society, to be held on 20 May at the Law Society's Hall, 113 Chancery Lane, London WC2, and on 17 June at the Moat House, Worthy Lane, Winchester, Hampshire, from 5pm to 7pm.

Admission free.

Contact Mercy Cefaz, tel: 020 7316 5554.

MEETINGS AND EVENTS

Barbecue22 May: Eventorganised by the Trainee Solicitors Group and the Young Solicitors Group, to be held at BSB, Windsor Place, Cardiff, from 7pm.

Tickets 4 each (includes BBQ).

Contact Frank Bouette, tel: 02920 238239.

Advanced certificate in employment law open evening9 July: Eventorganised by JSB Training and Development, to be held at 17 Portland PLace, London, W1, from 6pm to 8pm.

Free.

Contact Carole Woodcock, tel: 020 8371 7037.

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