Diary - 23 May to 10 July
CONFERENCES AND COURSES
Gaining and grading profitable clients29 May: Courseorganised by East Midlands Association of Women Solicitors, to be held at 50 Carrington Street, Nottingham, from 2pm to 5.15pm.
Cost: 30 plus VAT.
3 CPD hours.
Contact Gina Harris, tel: 01335 350540.
Tax planning strategies for wealthy clients; Sipps - investment and retirement19 June, 10 July: 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 4.45pm.
Tax is on 19 June and Sipps is on 10 July.
Each costs 195 to 295 plus VAT and carries 6 CPD hours.
Contact Elaine Reilly, tel: 01892 870065.
A new Mental Health Act - reform or retreat?; Mental incapacity - who is deciding?20-21 June: Two-day conferenceorganised by the Law Society and the Royal College of Psychiatrists, to be held at the Senate House, University of London, Malet Street, London WC1, from 9.30am to 5.30pm on both days.
Mental Health Act is on 20 June and mental incapacity on 21 June.
Cost: from 211.50 to 352.50.
11 CPD hours.
Contact Rosemary McMahon, tel: 020 7233 8322.
Mediation UK conference24-26 June: Conferenceorganised by Mediation UK, to be held at Strathcylde University Students Association, 90 John Street, Glasgow, from noon on Monday.
Cost: 80 to 250.
Contact Angie Roberts, tel: 0117 904 6661.
LECTURES AND SEMINARS
Matrimonial legislation for support staff; Electronic conveyancing: how it may work; Converting telephone callers into clients;Time management23 May, 11, 13 June: Seminarsorganised by Nottinghamshire Law Society.
All seminars to be held at 50 Carrington Street, Nottingham, except E-conveyancing, which will be held at Nottingham Forest FC, City Ground, Nottingham.
Matrimonial is on 23 May, E-conveyancing is on 11 June, and Telephone callers and Time are on 13 June.
Each runs from 2pm to 5.15pm (except Time, from 9.30am to 12.45pm) and carries 3 CPD hours.
Cost: 30 to 195.
Contact Mike Lewis, tel: 0115 950 5324.
Can there be an effective system of international justice system?28 May: Seminarorganised by Horwath Clark Whitehill's Forensic Accounting Group, to be held at 25 New Street Square, London EC4, from 6.30-7.30pm.
Free.
1 CPD hour.
Guest speaker Michael Caplan QC from Kingsley Napley.
Contact Becky Handley, tel: 020 7842 7316.
Human rights v civil liberties - is there a contradiction in asking the state to defend our freedoms?8 June: Seminarorganised by Liberty, to be held at Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, London WC1, from 10am to 4pm.
Cost: 25 to 35.
Contact Zoe Gillard, tel: 020 7378 3667.
Judicial review - recent developments in practice and procedure10 June: Seminarorganised by Wales Public Law and Human Rights Association, to be held at be held at the Law Department, University of Wales, Singleton Park, Swansea, from 4pm to 6.15pm.
Speaker: Clive Lewis, counsel to the National Assembly.
Cost: up to 25.3 CPD hours.
Contact Kathleen Williams, tel: 029 2070 8554.
Hot environmental and planning law issues11 June: Lectureorganised by the London Young Solicitors Group, to be held at the Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London WC2, from 6.30pm to 7.30pm.
Speakers: Tim Smith and Elisa de Wit from Berwin Leighton.
LYSG members free: non-members 7.
1.5 CPD hours.
Contact Jane Swan, tel: 020 7374 8000.
Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act - how is this four-year-old brat doing?13 June: Lectureorganised by the Society of Construc-tion Law, to be held in Room 2, Faculty of Law, University of Birmingham, at 6pm.
Free.
1 CPD hour.
Contact Jackie Morris, tel: 01235 770606.
Welfare benefits update13 June, 9 July: Seminarorganised by Altior, to be held on 13 June at the Renaissance hotel, Blackfriars Street, Manchester, on 9 July at the Commonwealth Institute, Kensington High Street, London W8, all from 2pm to 5.15pm.
Each seminar costs 145 plus VAT and carries 3 CPD hours.
Contact Janine Jones, tel: 029 2044 2036.
The judges and the Jews18 June: Lectureorganised by Spiro Ark, to be held in the Great Hall, Lincoln's Inn, London WC2, at 7pm.
Gerald Godfrey QC looks at how English judges deal with Jewish issues.
Cost: 8.
Contact Nitza Spiro, tel: 020 8958 6272.
Tracking and attacking the proceeds of economic crime and terrorism20 June: Lectureorganised by International Chamber of Commerce, to be held at Skinners' Hall, 8 Dowgate Hill, London EC4, from 3.30pm to 8.30pm.
Speaker: Professor Barry Rider, Director of the Institute for Advanced Legal Studies and Professor of Law at Jesus College, Cambridge.
Free admission.
Contact Andy Holder, tel: 01903 877081.
MEETINGS AND EVENTS
Legal charities garden party19 June: Eventorganised by the Solicitors Benevolent Association, to be held on the North Lawn, Lincoln's Inn, London WC2, from 6pm to 8pm.
Jazz and steel bands.
Tickets: 8 to 10.
Contact Nick Lorimer, tel: 020 8675 6440.
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
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