Diary - 21 October to 4 December

CONFERENCES AND COURSES

Planning & probity gain;Contract catastrophes;Rights of ways prosecutions21, 28 October: Coursesorganised by the Law Society's Local Government Group and the Association of Council Secretaries and Solicitors.

Planning is on 21 October, to be held at Berwin Leighton Paisner, Client Suite, Adelaide House, London Bridge, London EC4, from 10am to 5pm.

Cost: 139 plus VAT.

5.5 CPD hours.

Contract catastrophes is on 21 October, to be held at Civic Hall, Leeds, from 10am to 5pm.

Cost: 149 plus VAT.

4.5 CPD hours.

Rights of ways is on 28 October, to be held at ETC Venues, Avonmouth House, 6 Avonmouth Street, London SE1, from 10am to 4pm.

Cost: 139 plus VAT.

4.5 CPD hours.

Contact Lucy Fox, tel: 01483 275577.

Forensic gynaecology24 October: Conferenceorganised by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, to be held at the RCOG, 27 Sussex Place, Regent's Park, London NW1, from 9am to 5pm.

Medico-legal cases.

Cost: 135.

Contact: Amanda Grant, tel: 020 7772 6252.

Aarhus Convention: access to information, public participation and access to justice1 November: Conference organised by the Environmental Law Foundation, to be held at the Old Hall, Lincoln's Inn, London, from 9.30am to 5.15pm.

6 CPD points.

Cost: 75 to 99.

Contact Anastasia Calder, tel: 020 7404 1030.

Unfair terms in housing contracts; Criminal law update; Housing and support for asylum-seekers: an introduction5, 7 November: Coursesorganised by the Legal Action Group, to be held at ETC Venues, 6 Avonmouth Street, London SE1.

Unfair Terms will be held on 5 November from 9.30am to 1pm, and Criminal law update will be the same afternoon from 2pm to 5.15pm.

Each costs 139 and carries 3 CPD hours.

Asylum-seekers will be on 7 November from 9.30am to 5.15pm.

Cost: 239.

6 CPD hours.

Contact: Lisa Butchers, tel: 020 7833 7434.

Parents' rights at work: the 2003 agenda6 November: Conferenceorganised by Parents at Work, the Fawcett Society, and the Maternity Alliance in association with Palmer Wade, Cloisters Chambers, Doughty Street Chambers and Old Square Chambers, to be held at Simmons & Simmons, 1 Ropemaker Street, London EC2, from 9.30am to 4pm.

Cost: 400 plus VAT.

5 CPD hours.

Contact Claire Green, tel: 020 7628 3565.

The Proceeds of Crime Act6, 9, 16, 30 November: One-day conferenceorganised by the Inns of Court School of Law, to be held at Morrison Hall conference centre, Atkin Building, Gray's Inn, London WC1, from 9.30am to 4.30pm.

Cost: up to 229.13.

5.5 CPD points.

Contact Catherine Brickett, tel: 020 7400 3603.

FSA compliance - overview of the new regime; Investments and investment policies for the wealthy client6, 13 November: Coursesorganised by the Association of Solicitor Investment Managers, to be held at the London Chamber of Commerce, 33 Queen Street, London EC4, from 9.15am to 4.30pm.

FSA compliance will be on 6 November; Investment policies will be on 13 November.

Each course costs 195 to 295 plus VAT and carries 6 CPD hours.

Contact Elaine Reilly, tel: 01892 870065.

Development and highways; Introductory planning law; Planning obligations - an overview11, 25 November; 2 December: Coursesorganised by Specialised Legal Training, to be held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Leeds, from 10am to 4pm.

Development will be held on 11 November, Planning law on 25 November, and Planning obligations on 2 December.

Each course costs 140 plus VAT and carries 4.75 CPD hours.

Contact Tom Graham, tel: 0114 251 3546.

Introduction to disability discrimination in employment29 November: Courseorganised by NACAB specialist support unit, to be held at NACAB, Quintana Gate, Bartholomew Street, Exeter, from 10am to 4.30pm.

5 CPD hours.

Cost: 50 to LSC contract-holders.

Contact Jill Garton, tel: 01902 310568.

LECTURES AND SEMINARS

Whiplash - the cause of pain21 October: Lectureorganised by the Berkshire Medico-Legal Society, to be held at Pitmans, 47 Castle Street, Reading, Berkshire, from 6.15pm to 7.30pm.

Free admission.

Contact Justine Waby, tel: 01189 580224

Suicide and self-injury following release from prison; Managing sex offenders in the community - public safety and effectiveness13 November, 4 December: Seminarsorganised by the Howard League for Penal Reform, to be held at 1 Ardleigh Road, London N1.

Suicide will be held on 13 November from 1.30pm to 5pm.

Cost: 65.

3 CPD hours.

Sex offenders will be held on 4 December from 2pm to 5pm.

Cost: 55.

2.5 CPD hours.

Contact Barbara Norris, tel: 020 7249 7373.

Legal business in Ukraine13 November: Seminarorganised by Clarendon Chambers in association with the British-Ukranian Law Association, to be held at Winckworth Sherwood, 35 Great Peter Street, London SW1, from 6.15pm to 7.15pm.

1 CPD hour.

Free.

Contact Russell Burton, tel: 020 7681 7681.

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