Diary - 28 May to1 July

CONFERENCES AND COURSES

Criminal costs forum28 May: Courseorganised by the Legal Aid Practitioners Group, to be held at the Alverton Manor Hotel, Tregolls Road, Truro, Cornwall, from 9.30am to 5pm.

Cost: members 175, non-members 300, plus VAT.

6 hours CPD.

Contact Kate Comyn, tel: 020 7336 8565.

Winning 'unwinnable' PI cases - essential employment law for PI lawyers; Risk assessment for CFA funding; Manual handling28, 29 May; 25 June: Coursesorganised by the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers.

Unwinnable cases will be held on 28 May at Jurys Hotel, Prince Street, Bristol, and on 25 June at Montague on the Gardens Hotel, 15 Montague Street, London WC1.

Risk assessment will be held on 28 May, and Manual handling on 29 May, both at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Wellington Street, Leeds.

Each course runs from 9.30am to 5pm, costs from 180 to 225, and carries 6 CPD hours.

Contact Fran Hubbard, tel: 0115 938 8700.

Supporting people; Housing benefit update; Dealing with difficult people; Asylum, refugees and housing rights3, 4 June: Coursesorganised by Shelter, to be held at Shelter Training, 168-172 Old Street, London EC1.

Supporting people; Housing benefit update and dealing with difficult people will all be held on 3 June; Asylum, refugees and housing rights is on 4 June, to be held at at York CVS, Priory Street Centre, York.

Each course runs from 10am to 4.30pm, carries 5 CPD hours, and costs 70 to 170.

Contact Katy Ellis, tel: 020 7490 6720.

Legal drafting for the employment tribunal26 June: Courseorganised by Citizens Advice Specialist Support Unit, to be held at the BVSC, 138 Digbeth, Birmingham from 10am to 4.30pm.

Cost: 100 to LSC contract holders.

5 CPD hours.

Contact Jill Garton, tel: 01902 310568.

Face-to-face contact and children in permanent placement30 June: Courseorganised by NAGALRO, to be held in the Princess Alice Room at MIC, 81-103 Euston Street, London NW1, from 9.30am to 4.30pm.

Contact with birth family for children placed for adoption or long term fostering.

Cost: 85 to 115.

5 CPD hours.

Contact Karen Harris, tel: 01372 818504.

Community care law: remedying the wrongs30 June: Courseorganised by the Carers Training Unit, to be held at Carers UK, 20-25 Glasshouse Yard, London EC1, from 10am to 4.30pm.

Cost: 110 to 180.

5 CPD hours.

Contact Chris Hockley, tel: 020 7566 7632.

LECTURES AND SEMINARS

Buying, selling and letting property in London29 May: Lectureorganised by the London Young Solicitors Group, to be held at the Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London WC2, from 7pm to 8.30pm.

Cost: 5 (membership 35.25).

Contact Roy Mironi, tel: 020 7917 8500.

Profitability and financial management; Understanding the profitability of work3, 11 June: Seminarsorganised by the Law Society's Eastern Regional Office, to be held at Girton College, Huntingdon Road, Cambridge, from 4pm to 7pm.

Profitability and financial management is on 3 June; Understanding the profitability of work is on 11 June.

Each seminar costs 99 plus VAT (discounts available) and carries 3 CPD hours.

Contact Julie Bissmire, tel: 01223 328924.

Money laundering - the Proceeds of Crime Act 20024 June: Lectureorganised by Middlesex Law Society, to be held at Thames Valley University, St Mary's Road, Ealing, London W5, from 6pm to 8pm.

Cost: 35 to 50.

2 CPD hours.

Contact Peter Hesom, tel: 020 8567 5015.

Integrated document capture brings paperless office closer11 June: Seminarorganised by Intech Solutions and KVS, to be held at the Old Council Chamber, The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London WC2, from 3pm to 5pm.

Free admission.

Contact Jeanne Holland, tel: 020 8989 1244.

What price imprisonment?12 June: Lectureorganised by the Medico-Legal Society, to be held at the Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street, London W1, from 8.15pm to 9.30pm.

Speaker: Sir David Ramsbotham, former Chief Inspector of Prisons.

1.25 CPD hours.

Admission free.

Contact Eloise Aspinall, tel: 020 7839 0278.

International treaties before the English courts16 June: Seminarorganised by the Law Society's joint public international law committee, to be held at the Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London WC2, from 6pm to 7.30pm.

Admission free.

1.5 CPD hours.

Contact Angela O'Grady, tel: 020 7320 5773.

MEETINGS AND EVENTS

Ince NSPCC party5 June: Eventorganised by Ince & Co, to be held at the Fenchurch Colony Wine Bar, 14 New London Street, London EC3, from 6.30 pm to 12pm.

Fundraiser for Microsoft Challangers' Trophy in aid of NSPCC.

Cost: 10.

Contact Mona Patel, tel: 020 7623 2011.

Summer reception1 July: Eventorganised by the Society of Conservative Lawyers, to be held at the Queen's Club, Palliser Road, West Kensington, London W14 9EQ, from 6.30pm to 8pm.

Guest of honour: Quentin Letts, Daily Mail political sketchwriter.

Cost: 22.

Contact Fiona Gunn, tel: 020 7381 1894.

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.uk Include telephone number, venue, cost and any CPD accreditation