Diary - 25 February to 3 April

CONFERENCES AND COURSES

The future of Europe25 February: Conferenceorganised by the Law Society's European Group, to be held at the Law Society's Hall, 113 Chancery Lane, London WC2, from 6.15pm to 7.15pm.

Speaker: Nick Baird, Head of EU Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Cost: up to 35.

1 CPD hour.

Contact Jo Rae, tel: 01905 724734.

Time and workload management; Support arrangements for asylum seekers and benefits for refugees; Homelessness case law update; The Children Act 1989; Immigration status and housing rights; Asylum, refugees and housing rights; Anti-social behaviour law and practice4, 6, 10, 11, 11, 12, 13 March: Coursesorganised by Shelter.

Time and Workload Management will be held on 4 March; Support arrangements will be held on 6 March; Homelessness case law update will be held on 10 March; The Children Act and Immigration will be held on 11 March; Asylum seekers will be held on 12 March; and Anti-social behaviour will be held on 13 March.

Homelessness and The Children Act will both be held at Friends Meeting House, Mount Street, Manchester.

The others will be held at Shelter Training, 168-172 Old Street, London EC1.

Each course runs from 10am to 4.30pm, costs 80 to 170, and carries 5 CPD hours.

Contact Katy Ellis, tel 020 7490 6720.

Complaints of misconduct by councillors: the practical issues arising from the new system of codes of conduct and probity6 March: Conferenceorganised by the Local Government Group and the Association of Council Secretaries and Solicitors, to be held at the National Union of Teachers, Hamilton House, Mabledon Place, London WC1, from 10am to 4pm.

Cost: 169 plus VAT.

4.5 CPD hours Contact Lucy Fox, tel: 01483 275577.

North of England brownfield conference19 March: Conferenceorganised by Certa, to be held at Hazlewood Castle, Paradise Lane, Hazlewood, Tadcaster, from 9.15am to 4.30pm.

The conference will discuss part IIA of the Environmental Protection Act 1990.

Cost: 395 plus VAT.

5.5 CPD hours.

Contact Kelly Partridge, tel: 020 7903 6522.

LECTURES AND SEMINARS

Land Registration Act 2002 - the effect of the new law25 February: Seminarorganised by Arden Chambers, to be held at (venue to be confirmed), from 6.30pm to 9pm.

Cost: 58.75.

2 CPD hours.

Contact Joanna Rumbelow, tel: 020 7242 4244.

Living in the Post-Enron world - the effect of new US law on international corporate governance and its impact on Japanese companies3 March: Lectureorganised by the British Japanese Law Association and the Japan Society, to be held at the City of London Club, 19 Old Broad Street, London EC2, from 12pm to 1.30pm.

Cost: 28.

Contact Scott Hopkins, tel: 020 7519 7187.

Personal injury updates - structured settlements4, 10, 27 March; 1, 3 April: Seminarsorganised by Frenkel Topping, to be held on 4 March at the Hilton Hotel, Kingsway, Cardiff; on 10 March at the Galleries of Justice, Shire Hall High Pavement, Nottingham; on 27 March at the Copthorne Hotel, The Close, Quayside, Newcastle upon Tyne; on 1 April at the Marriott Hotel, Garstang Road, Broughton, Preston; on 3 April at the Town Hall, The Headrow, Leeds.

Each seminar runs from 6pm to 8pm and carries 2 CPD hours.

Free.

Contact Claire Griffiths, tel: 0161 886 8000.

It's not always what it seems6 March: Seminarorganised by Medico-Legal Consultancy, to be held at Somerley, off Alderholt Road, near Ringwood, Hampshire, from 9am to 4pm.

The seminar will discuss personal injury claims.

Free.

4.5 CPD hours.

Contact Jane Norwich, tel: 01452 386242.

The media and the law: is the public's interest the public interest?10 March: Lectureorganised by the City of Westminster and Holborn Law Society, to be held at BPP Law School, 68-70 Red Lion Street, London WC1, from 6pm to 7pm.

Cost: 40.

1 CPD hour.

Proceeds to the Mary Ward Legal Centre.

Contact Cheryl Allen, tel: 020 7831 7079.

Excellent client service, billing and getting paid;The route to enhanced profitability13, 18 March: Seminarsorganised by the Law Society's Eastern Regional Office, to be held at Girton College, Huntingdon Road, Cambridge.

Excellent client service, billing and getting paid is on 13 March; The route to enhanced profitability is on 18 March.

Both seminars run from 4pm to 7pm.

Each seminar costs 99 plus VAT and carries 3 CPD hours.

Contact Julie Bissmire, tel: 01223 328924.

MEETINGS AND EVENTS

Lawyers in a spin8 March: Danceorganised by Louise Norman, legal officer for the Society of London Theatre, to be held at Baden-Powell House, 65-67 Queen's Gate, South Kensington, London SW7, from 7pm to 12.30am.

Proceeds in aid of brain tumour research.

Ceroc is a modern partner dance influenced by jive and salsa.

Cost: 30.

Contact Louise Norman, tel: 07855 869266.

Yacht club AGM24 March: Eventorganised by the Law Society Yacht Club, to be held at at Corts Wine Bar, Chancery Lane, London WC2, from 6.30pm to 8.30pm.

Cost 5.

Contact Helen Chapman, tel: 020 7242 1011.

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