Diary - 22 January to 14 May

Diary - 22 January to 14 May

CONFERENCES AND COURSES

Criminal costs forum; Beginner's guide to criminal file management; Maximising civil costs - family; Beginner's guide to civil and family file management31 January; 7, 21 February; 12, 28 March: Coursesorganised by the Legal Aid Practitioners Group.

Criminal Costs Forum will be held on 31 January at Canterbury Cathedral International Study Centre, The Precinct, Canterbury, and on 12 March at the North Stafford Hotel, Winton Square, Station Road, Stoke-on-Trent; Criminal File Management will be held on 28 March at 150 Minories, London, EC3, all from 9.30am to 5pm.

Each costs 175 to 300 plus VAT and carries 6 CPD hours.

Civil and family file management will be held on 7 February at the Holiday Inn, Lime Street, Liverpool, and Civil costs will be held on 21 February at the Caledonian Hotel, Osborne Road, Jesmond, Newcastle, both from 1.30pm to 5pm.

Each costs 100 to 200 plus VAT and carries 3 CPD hours.

Contact Kate Comyn, tel: 020 7336 8565.

Introduction to race discrimination law and practice6 February: Courseorganised by Citizens Advice Specialist Support Unit, to be held at Citizens Advice, Quintana Gate, Bartholomew Street East, Exeter, from 10am to 4.30pm.

5 CPD hours.

Cost: 50 to LSC contract holders.

Contact Jill Garton, tel: 01902 310568.

Dealing with members - issues for officers; Local authority prosecutions - the investigation process; Common land and village greens7, 18, 21 February: Coursesorganised by the Local Government Group and the Association of Council Secretaries and Solicitors, to be held at ETC Venues, Avonmouth House, 6 Avonmouth Street, London SE1.

Dealing with members will be on 7 February, from 10am to 4pm.

Cost: 149 plus VAT.

4.5 CPD hours.

Local authority prosecutions will be on 18 February, to be held at ETC Venues, Avonmouth House, 6 Avonmouth Street, London SE1, from 10am to 4.30pm.

Cost: 149 plus VAT.

5 CPD hours.

Common land will be on 21 February, from 10am to 4pm.

Cost: 139 plus VAT.

4.5 CPD hours.

Contact Lucy Fox, tel: 01483 275577.

Financial mathematics - what you need to know to manage investments; Advising the professional trustee on investments - new roles and responsibilities after the Trustee Act 200012 February, 19 March: Coursesorganised 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 4.30pm.

Financial mathematics will be held on 12 February (no CPD); Advising the professional trustee will be held on19 March (5 CPD hours).

Each costs 195 to 295 plus VAT.

Contact Elaine Reilly, tel: 01892 870065.

Welfare benefits update; The new tax credit system19 March: Coursesorganised by Community Links Trust, to be held at Kensington Town Hall, Hornton Street, London W8.

Welfare benefits will run from 1am to 1.15pm.

Tax credit will run from 2pm to 5.15pm.

Each course costs 78 and carries 3 CPD hours.

Contact David Lawson, tel: 020 7473 9641.

LECTURES AND SEMINARS

Employment Act 2002 24 January: Seminarorganised by Rickerbys, to be held at Arle Court, Hatherley Lane, Cheltenham, from 9.15am to 12.30m.

Cost: 25 plus VAT.

Contact Anne-Marie Delrosa, tel: 01242 246444.

Happy new career28 January: Seminarorganised by the London Young Solicitors Group with Michael Page Legal and www.totallylegal.com, to be held in the Council Chamber, the Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London, WC2, from 6.30 pm.

Free (includes wine reception afterwards) Contact Ben Rigby, tel: 020 7218 9181, e-mail: lysg@lycos.com

Medical and legal hazards of radiation therapy; GMC revalidation - what are we trying to measure?; Corporate killing -will directors ever be held to account?13 February; 13 March; 10 April: Lecturesorganised by the Medico-Legal Society, to be held at the Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street, London W1, from 8.15 to 9.30 pm.

Radiation will be on 13 February.

Speaker: JS Tobias, professor of cancer medicine.

Revalidation will be on 13 March.

Speaker: Sir Graeme Catto, president of the General Medical Council.

Corporate killing will be on 10 April.

Speaker: barrister Gerald Forlin.

Free to members and guests.

1.25 CPD hours each.

To join, or to attend an initial meeting as a guest, contact Jill Crombie, tel: 020 7839 0278.

Girls in prison; Children in prison and the law; Young people and community penalties12 March, 9 April, 14 May: Seminarsorganised by the Howard League for Penal Reform, to be held at the Howard League Centre for Penal Reform, 1 Ardleigh Road, London N1, from 2pm to 5pm.

Girls in prison will be held on 12 March; Children in prison will be held on 9 April; Young people will be held on 14 May.

Each seminar costs 65 and carries 2.5 CPD hours.

Contact Barbara Norris, tel: 020 7249 7373.

MEETINGS AND EVENTS

AGM; Pool competition22, 29 January: Eventsorganised by the London Trainee Solicitors Group.

The annual general meeting will be on 22 January at the Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London WC2, from 7pm.

The pool competition will be on 29 January at the Elbow Room, Chapel Market, Islington, London N1, from 7pm to 11pm.

Contact Julia Davenport, tel: 01223 222413.

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