Diary - 3 March to 22 May

CONFERENCES AND COURSES

Planning and the Human Rights Act; Debt recovery; Complaints of misconduct by councillors; Training for members on standards committees3, 6, 13 March: Courses and conferencesorganised by the Local Government Group.

Planning and the Human Rights Act will be held on 3 March and Debt recovery will be held on 13 March at ETC Venues, Avonmouth House, 6 Avonmouth Street, London SE1.

Planning is from 10am to 4.30pm and carries 5 CPD hours.

Debt recovery is from at 10am to 4pm and carries 4.5 CPD hours.

Both courses cost 149 plus VAT.

The complaints of misconduct conference will be held on 6 March at the National Union of Teachers, Hamilton House, Mabledon Place, London WC1, from 10am to 4pm.

Cost: 169 plus VAT.

4.5 CPD hours.

The standards committees conference will be held on 13 March at West Yorkshire Fire Authority, Training Centre, Brigade Headquarters, Birkenshaw, Bradford, from 10am to 3pm.

Cost: 99 plus VAT.

3.75 CPD hours.

Contact Lucy Fox, tel: 01483 275 577.

Food Safety Act litigation; Local government investigatory powers - investigation and prosecution; Legal aspects of housing repairs and nuisance; Legal implications of drains and sewers; Public highways - legal aspects of management, maintenance and claims; Statutory nuisance litigation6, 20, 27 March; 1, 15, 22 May: Coursesorganised by the University of Surrey, to be held at the Duke of Kent Building, University of Surrey, Guildford.

Food safety will be held on 6 March; Local government investigatory powers will be held on 20 March; Housing repairs and nuisance will be held on 27 March; Drains and sewers will be held on 1 May; Public highways will be held on 15 May; Statutory nuisance litigation will be held on 22 May.

Local government investigatory powers is a half-day course, from 9.45am to 1pm.

Cost 95.

3 CPD hours.

The others are full-day courses from 9.45am to 5pm.

Cost: 180.

6 CPD hours each.

Contact Dawn Birt, tel: 01483 686242.

Criminal costs forum; Beginner's guide to criminal file management12, 28 March: Coursesorganised by the Legal Aid Practitioners Group.

Criminal Costs Forum will be held on 12 March at the North Stafford Hotel, Winton Square, Station Road, Stoke-on-Trent; Criminal File Management will be held on 28 March at 150 Minories, London EC3.

Each course runs from 9.30am to 5pm, costs 175 to 300 plus VAT and carries 6 CPD hours.

Contact Kate Comyn, tel: 020 7336 8565.

VAT: land and property for solicitors13 March: Courseorganised by Horwath Clark Whitehill, to be held at Horwath Clark Whitehill, 25 New Street Square, London EC4, from 9am to 1pm, followed by buffet lunch.

Cost: 175 plus VAT.

3.5 CPD hours.

Contact Penny Wetherill, tel: 020 7842 7315.

Criminal law update masterclass24, 25, 26 March: Courseorganised by CrimeLine, to be held on 24 March at the Institute of Education, 20 Bedford Way, London WC1; on 25 March at the Thistle Hotel, St Chads Queensway, Birmingham; and on 26 March at the Lowry Centre, Pier 8, Salford Quays, Manchester.

The course runs from 9am to 5pm, costs 95 plus VAT and carries 6 CPD hours.

Contact Andrew Keogh, tel: 0161 233 4321.

LECTURES AND SEMINARS

Stress management workshop12, 13, 27 March: Seminarsorganised by the south-west regional office of the Law Society, to be held on 12 March at St Loyes, Topsham Road, Exeter; on 13 March at the Alverton Manor Hotel, Tregolls Road, Truro; and on 27 March at the Walnut Tree Hotel, North Petherton, Somerset.

Each seminar runs from 2pm to 5.30pm, costs 50 plus VAT and carries 3 CPD hours.

Contact Elizabeth Dyer, tel: 0117 930 4824.

Managing information in the public sector19 March: Seminarorganised by BLS/BPP, to be held at Aston Business School, Aston University Campus, Aston Triangle, from 9.30am to 5.15pm.

Data protection, freedom of information, confidentiality and human rights.

Cost: 350.

Discounts available.

6 CDP hours.

Contact Adele Ramsbottom, tel: 0161 728 1778.

Children in need or children in trouble - who wins?20 March: Lectureorganised by the Lawyers' Christian Fellowship, to be held at the Inner Temple Hall, London EC4, from 6.30pm to 8pm.

Free admission.

Speakers: Mr Justice Hedley and Roger Sainsbury, Bishop of Barking.

Contact John Lloyd, tel: 07947 069 980.

MEETINGS AND EVENTS

Solicitors Cycling Club17 March: Inaugural meetingorganised by the Solicitors Cycling Club, to be held in the Strand Suite, the Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, at 5pm.

Contact Michael Gray, tel: 01285 712207 or e-mail: michael.gray@wilmots.co.uk

LawCare charity dinners28 March, 4 April: Eventsorganised by the Association of South-West Law Societies, to be held on 28 March at Leigh Court, Abbots Leigh, Bristol (speaker: Monty Raphael, senior partner, Peters & Peters.

Cost: 58.75) and on 4 April at the Alverton Manor Hotel, Tregolls Road, Truro, Cornwall (Speaker: Matthew Taylor MP.

Cost: 40).

Contact Elizabeth Dyer, tel: 0117 930 4824.

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