Diary - 28 January to 27 March

CONFERENCES AND COURSES

The big business breakfast: money laundering/Lexcel quality mark29 January: Courseorganised by the Law Society south-west regional office, to be held at Bar Essential, 1st floor, The Warehouse, Queen Charlotte Street, Bristol, from 7.45am to 9.30am.

Cost: 20 plus VAT.

1.5 CPD hours.

Contact Elizabeth Dyer, tel: 0117 930 4824.

Excellent client service: billing and getting paid;Management accounts and key performance indicators;Management: maximising your cash flow3, 24, 26 February: Coursesorganised by the Law Society.

Client service is on 3 February and management accounts is on 24 February, to be held at the Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London WC2.

Maximising cash flow is on 26 February, to be held at Fairfield Hall, Park Lane, Croydon.

Each course runs from 4pm to 7pm and carries 3 CPD hours.

Cost: 90 plus VAT.

Contact Mercy Cefaz, tel: 020 7316 5554.

Understanding financial statements;Technology challenges and opportunities: the future of IT for in-house lawyers;6, 12 February: Conferencesorganised by the Law Society Commerce and Industry Group.

Understanding financial statements is on 6 February, to be held at Herbert Smith, Exchange House, Primrose Street, London EC2, from 9am to 5pm.

6 CPD hours.

Technology challenges is on 12 February, to be held at Linklaters, One Silk Street, London EC2, from 9.30am to 5pm.

5 CPD hours.

Both conferences cost 220 plus VAT to 270 plus VAT.

Contact Jenny Kelly, tel: 0161 829 4057.

Personal injury update13 February: Conferenceorganised by the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers, to be held in Birmingham from 9am to 5pm.

Cost: 160 plus VAT (member), 195.00 plus VAT (non-member), 6 CPD hours.

Contact Caroline Rising, tel: 0115 938 8714.

Quantum in RTA claims - is it worth it?20, 26, 27 February: Courseorganised by the Motor Accident Solicitors Society, to be held on 20 February at the Thistle Hotel, Neville Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; on 26 February at Jarvis Piccadilly Hotel, Piccadilly Plaza, Manchester; on 27 February at the Thistle, 225 Hagley Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham.

Cost: 150 to 185.

Discounts available.

Each course runs from 9.20am to 4.30pm and carries 5.5 CPD hours.

Contact Beverly Carr, tel: 01179 045970.

Introduction to race discrimination law & practice 20 February: Courseorganised by the Citizens Advice Specialist Support Unit, to be held at Citizens Advice, 8 Wellington Mews, Cambridge, from 10am to 4.30pm.

5 CPD hours.

Cost 50.

Contact Jill Garton, tel: 01902 310568.

Planning and Human Rights Act; Education admissions3, 4 March: Coursesorganised by the Law Society's Local Government Group and The Association of Council Secretaries.

Planning is on 3 March and education on 4 March, to be held at ETC Venues, Avonmouth House, 6 Avonmouth Street, London SE1, from 10am to 4.30pm.

Planning costs 149 plus VAT and carries 5 CPD hours.

Education costs 139 plus VAT and carries 4.5 CPD hours.

Contact Lucy Fox, tel: 01483 275577.

LECTURES AND SEMINARS

Competition law and human rights28 January: Seminarorganised by the Law Society's European Group, to be held at The Law Society's Hall, 113 Chancery Lane, London WC2, from 6.15pm.

1 CPD hour.

Cost: 10 to 35.

Free for unemployed solicitors/barristers.

Contact Jo Rae, tel: 01905 724734.

Electronic services in litigation and conveyancing12, 18, 27 February; 4, 12, 17, 25, 27 March: Seminarorganised by the Court Service and Land Registry, to be held on 12 February in London (venue to be confirmed); on 18 February at the The Holiday Inn, Ringway, Preston; on 27 February at the Quality Inn, 166 Hagley Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham; on 4 March at the The Ramada Jarvis, Guildford Road, East Horsley; on 12 March at the Holiday Inn, Pentwyn Road, Cardiff; on 17 March at The Thistle Hotel, Queen Street, Exeter; on 25 March at the Holiday Inn, Queen's Drive, Ossett, Wakwefield and on 27 March at The Devere University Arms Hotel, Regent Steet, Cambridge.

Free admission.

All seminars run from 1.45pm to 4.30pm.

Contact Perry Timms, tel: 020 7210 1755.

Money laundering20 February: Seminarorganised by the Immigration Law Committee of the Law Society and the Immigration Law Practitioners Association, to be held in the Breams Room at the Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London WC2, from 6pm.

Free admission.

1.5 CPD hours.

Contact Rekha Shah, tel: 020 7320 5746.

MEETINGS AND EVENTS

West London Law Society AGM and dinner4 February: Eventorganised by West London Law Society, to be held at The RAF Club, 128 Piccadilly, London W1, from 6pm.

Cost: 28.

Contact Maurice Nadeem, tel: 020 7723 3424.

Bridge club10 February; 10 March: Meetingsorganised by the Law Society Duplicate Bridge Club, to be held at The East India Club, 16 St James's Square, London SW1 at 7.30pm.

Cost: 9 to include tea, coffee and biscuits.

Contact Nicholas Lakeland, tel: 020 7749 2700.

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