Diary - 25 November 2002 to 10 February 2003

CONFERENCES AND COURSES

European Union ande-commerce directives - where to next?25 November: Seminarco-organised by the Society for Computers and Law northern group and the British Computer Society, to be held at Room R/D7, Renold Building, UMIST, Sackville Street, Manchester, from 6.45pm.

Free.

Contact: Caroline Gould, tel: 0117 923 7393.

LMS/Lexcel Quality Forum28 November: Conference and exhibitionco-organised by the Law Management Section and the Lexcel office of the Law Society, to be held at the Renaissance Chancery Court Hotel, 252 High Holborn, London WC1, from 9am to 5pm.

Cost: 120 to 295 plus VAT.

5 CPD hours.

Contact Paul Seymour, tel: 020 7316 5572.

Privacy: lost or found?9 December: Conferenceco-organised by Justice and Sweet & Maxwell, to be held at Masons, 30 Aylesbury Street, London EC1, from 9am to 5pm.

Cost: up to 295 plus VAT.

5.5 CPD hours.

Contact Ruth Allen, tel: 020 7393 7859.

LECTURES AND SEMINARS

Environmental risks affecting the conveyancing process27, 28 November: Seminarorganised by Homecheck, to be held on 27 November at the Paragon Hotel, 145 Alcester Street, Birmingham, and on 28 November at the Holiday Inn, Victoria Street, Bristol.

The seminar will be held from 12pm to 1.30pm each day and repeated from 4pm to 5.30pm.

Free.

1.5 CPD hours.

Contact Homecheck, tel: 0870 606 1700.

Liberty under the law: rights or freedom?28 November: Debateorganised by Politeia, to be held at a Westminster location, from 12 noon to 2pm.

Speakers include Oliver Letwin, Shadow Home Secretary.

Free.

Booking essential.

Contact Hilary Latey, tel: 020 7240 5070.

Making teams effective profit centres; Complaints - how to avoid them/handle them; Strategic planning for profit28 November, 5, 10 December: Seminarsorganised by the Law Society's Eastern Regional Office, to be held at Girton College, Huntingdon Road, Cambridge.

Profit Centres will be on 28 November; Complaints will be on 5 December; Strategic planning will be on 10 December.

All seminars run from 4pm to 7pm, cost 95 plus VAT each (discounts available) and carry 3 CPD hours.

Contact Julie Bissmire, tel: 01223 328924.

Practising criminal law in a human rights context; Update: Immigration, Asylum and Human Rights law29 November, 13 December: Seminarsorganised by Liberty.

Criminal law will be held on 29 November at Exchange House, Primrose Street, London EC2.

Immigration will be held on 13 December at Linklaters, 1 Silk Street, London EC2.

Each seminar runs from 10am to 5pm, costs 100 to 200 and carries 6 CPD hours.

Contact Zoe Gillard, tel: 020 7378 3667.

Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002; Employment Act 2002; Conducting a housing case2 December, 10, 27, 31 January, 10 February: Seminarsorganised by Two Garden Court Chambers and the Legal Services Commission.

Asylum Act will be held on held on 31 January at Woburn House, 20 Tavistock Square, London WC1.

Employment Act will be held on 2 December at Woburn House (see above) and on 10 February at West Yorkshire Playhouse, Playhouse Square, Quarry Hill, Leeds.

Housing case will be held on10 January at Leeds Town Hall, The Headrow, Leeds and at 27 January at Woburn House.

Each course runs from 9.30am to 5.30 pm, costs 30 to 60 plus VAT and carries 7 CPD hours.

Contact: Andrew Eaton, tel: 020 7415 6366.

Employment law seminar9 December: Seminarorgansied by the Newspaper Society, to be held at the Kingsway Hall Hotel, Great Queen Street, London WC2, from 9am to 4.30pm.

Cost: 185 plus VAT.

5 CPD hours.

Contact Christina O'Driscoll, tel: 020 7693 0438.

Jodie and Mary; the changing role of the expert witness12 December and 9 January: Lecturesorganised by the Medico-Legal Society, to be held at the Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street, London W1.

Jodie and Mary will be on 12 December; Expert witness will be on 9 January.

Free.

Each runs from 8.15pm to 9.30pm and carries 1.25 CPD hours.

Contact Jill Crombie, tel: 020 7839 0278.

Welfare benefits update23 January and 5 February 2003: Seminarorganised by Altior, to be held on 5 Janaury at the Renaissance Hotel, Blackfriars Street, Manchester, and on on 5 February at the Commonwealth Institute, Kensington High Street, London W8.

Both sessions run from 1.45pm to 5pm.

Cost: 145 plus VAT.

3 CPD hours.

Contact: Janine Jones, tel: 029 2045 1000.

MEETINGS AND EVENTS

LSEG annual dinner3 December: Eventorganised by the Law Society's European Group, to be held at the Grand Ballroom, Renaissance Chancery Court Hotel, High Holborn, London WC1, from 7.30pm.

Lounge suits.

Tickets 85 plus VAT each.

Contact Jo Rae, tel: 01905 724734.

Carol singing9, 16 December: Ecumenical eventsorganised by the Lawyers' Christian Fellowship, to be held on 9 December in the Great Hall, Manchester Town Hall, Albert Square, Manchester, from 1.05pm until 1.50pm, and on 16 December in the Lady Chapel, Liverpool Anglican Cathedral, Cathedral Close, Liverpool, at 6.30pm.

Contact Rosemary Williams, tel: 0161 773 8839.

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