Diary - 4 November to 29 November

CONFERENCES AND COURSES

APIL autumn conference

7-8 November: Conference

organised by the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers, to be held at the Belfry Hotel, Wishaw, near Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, from 9.30 am on Thursday to 4pm on Friday.

Cost 160 to 425.

13.25 CPD hours.

Contact Tina Ward, tel: 0115 938 8700, ore-mail: tina@apil.com

Managing for Success 2002

21 November: Conference, exhibition and AGM

organised by the Law Management Section of the Law Society, to be held at the Hilton Metropole Hotel, NEC, Birmingham, from 9am to 5.30pm.

Cost: 130 to 300 plus VAT.

Discounts available.

5 CPD hours.

Contact Paul Seymour, tel: 020 7316 5572.

LMS/Lexcel quality forum

28 November: Conference and exhibition

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.

Discounts available.

5 CPD hours.

Contact Paul Seymour, tel: 020 7316 5572.

Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002

29 November: Course

organised by two Garden Court Chambers and the Legal Services Commission, to be held at the Peter Jost Enterprise Centre, John Moores University, Byrom Street, Liverpool, from 9.30am to 5.30pm.

Cost: 30 to 60 plus VAT.

7 CPD hours.

Contact Andrew Eaton, tel: 020 7415 6366

LECTURES AND SEMINARS

Money laundering - new regulatory and prosecuting powers

6 November: Seminar

organised by the Young Fraud Lawyers Association, to be held at the Hardwicke Building, Lincoln's Inn, London from 2pm to 6pm.

Speaker: Gareth Rees of Hollis Whiteman Chambers.

Free admission.

1 CPD hour.

Contact: Morag Rea, tel: 020 7404 3600.

Making the most of legal aid

11 and 19 November: Seminar

organised by the Law Society's legal aid unit, to be held on 11 November at the Hilton Leeds City Hotel, Neville Street, Leeds, and on 19 November at the Beeches Hotel, Broomhill Road, Brislington, Bristol from 10am to 4pm.

Cost: 75 plus VAT.

4 CPD hours.

Contact: Simone Tomlinson, tel: 020 7320 5817.

Cannibals at common law: the story behind R v Dudley and Stephens

14 November: Lecture

organised by the Incorporated Council of Law Reporting for England and Wales, to be held at the Whitworth Art Gallery, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, from 6pm to 7.30pm.

Cost: 5.

Free to law students, pupils and trainees.

Contact Martha Hawting, tel: 020 72426471 or e-mail: MarthaH@iclr.co.uk

Practice issues in Disability Discrimination Act cases

14 November: Seminar

organised by Coram Chambers, to be held at the Thistle Hotel, Charing Cross, London WC2, from 6.30pm.

Speakers from the Disability Rights Commission and Coram Chambers.

Cost: 50.

1.5 CPD hours.

Contact Martin Dyke, tel: 020 7797 7766.

The new Land Registry rules

20 November: Talk

organised by the London Young Solicitors Group, to be held at the Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London WC2, at 6.30pm.

Members free, non-members 7.

Contact Ben Rigby, tel: 020 7218 4796.

Please note that the above talk will take place on 20 November, not as printed in [2002] Gazette, 10 October, 48.

MEETINGS AND EVENTS

South London Law Society annual general meeting

4 November: Meeting

organised by the Law Society's Greater London regional office, to be held at 113 Chancery Lane, London WC2 from 7pm.

Guest speaker: Jane Swann, national chairwoman of the Young Solicitors Group on the development route to Higher Rights of Advocacy.

Please book by 1 November.

Contact: Mercy Cefaz, tel: 020 7316 5556.

Evening social

4 November: Event

organised by the Freelance Solicitors Group, to be held at Trader Vics, the basement bar of the Hilton Hotel, Park Lane, London W1 at 6.30pm.

Free admission.

Contact Janice Purssey, tel: 07814 133262.

SAHCA annual dinner and conference

8-9 November: Dinner and conference

organised by the Solicitors' Association of Higher Court Advocates, to be held at the Grange City Hotel, 8-10 Coopers Row, London EC3.

The dinner will be held on 8 November at 7.30pm.

Guest speaker: Lord Slynn of Hadley.

Cost: 40.

The conference will be held from 10am to 4.45pm on 9 November.

Guest speaker: The Hon Mr Justice Moses.

Cost: 125 (members) and 185 (non-members).

5.5 CPD hours.

Cost (dinner and conference) 150 (members) and 210 (non-members).

Contact Sandra Dawson, tel: 7837 0069.

Black-tie ball

9 November: Dinner dance

organised by the Northants and Bucks Trainee and Young Solicitors Group, to be held at the Hilton Hotel, 100 Watering Lane, Collingtree, Northampton, from 7pm-2pm.

Tickets: 30.

Includes: reception, three-course meal, wine, live band and disco.

Send cheques payable to the 'NYTSG', stating names of guests in your party, to Lynsey McIntyre c/o Howes Percival, 252 Upper Third St, Milton Keynes, tel: 01908 247565 or e-mail: lm@howes-percival.co.uk.

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