Diary

5 December to 12 February

CONFERENCES AND COURSES

Employment law update; Civil Litigation update; Acquisitions, mergers, reconstructions and arrangements11 December, 15 and 21 January: Coursesorganised by the Centre for Legal Studies, to be held at the University of Hertfordshire, Faculty of Law, 7 Hatfield Road, St Albans, from 4pm to 7.15pm.

Employment law update will be on 11 December, Civil litigation on 15 January, and Acquisitions on 21 January.

Each course costs 60 to 95.

Contact Alan Williams, tel: 01707 286203.

Introduction to local authority licensing;Train the local authority trainer; Antisocial behaviour orders - how to make them work for you11, 13 December, 16 January: Coursesorganised by the Law Society's Local Government Group and the Association of Council Secretaries and Solicitors.

Local authority licensing will to held on 11 December, to be held at ETC Venues, Avonmouth House, 6 Avonmouth Street, London SE1, from 10am to 5pm.

Cost: 139 plus VAT.

5.5 CPD hours.

Train the trainer will be on 13 December, to be held at Camden Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1, from 10am to 4pm.

Cost: 139 plus VAT.

5 CPD hours.

Anti social behaviour orders will be on16 January, to be held at ETC Venues, Avonmouth House, 6 Avonmouth Street, London SE1, from 10am to 4pm.

Cost: 149 plus VAT.

4.5 CPD hours.

Contact Lucy Fox, tel: 01483 275577.

PI update; Success fees after Caller, Sarwar & Halloran16, 17, 28 and 31 January: Conferencesorganised by the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers.

PI update will be on 16 January, to be held at Crowne Plaza Hotel, Leeds, and on 22 January, to be held at the Ramada Plaza Hotel, Bristol.

Both to run from 9am to 5pm.

Cost: 160 plus VAT (members), 195 plus VAT (non-members).

6 CPD hours.

Contact: Caroline Rising, tel: 0115 938 8714.

Success fees after Callery, Sarwar & Halloran will be held on 28 January in Manchester (venue to be confirmed) and on 31 January at the Montagure Hotel,15 Montague Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1.

Both courses run from 9.30am to 5pm.

Cost: 160 plus VAT (members), 195 plus VAT (non-member).

6 CPD hours.

Contact Rachel Walters, tel: 0115 938 8712.

Sex discrimination practice and procedure22 January: Courseorganised by the National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux (NACAB) specialist support unit to be held at the NACAB training venue, Churchgate House, Great Bridgwater Street, Manchester, from 10am to 4.30pm.

5 CPD hours.

Cost 50 to LSC contract holders.

Contact Jill Garton, tel: 01902 310568.

Accidents a work12 February: Conferenceorganised by the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers, to be held at the Cardiff Marriott Hotel, Mill Lane, Cardiff, from 9.30am to 5pm.

Cost: 160 to 195 plus VAT.

6 CPD hours.

Contact Rachel Walters, tel: 0115 938 8712.

LECTURES AND SEMINARS

Implementation of the Kyoto Protocol: a legal landscape5 December: Seminarseminar organised by the School of Oriental & African Studies Law Department, to be held at Room 116, School of Oriental & African Studies, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1, from 5:30pm to 7pm.

Free admission.

Contact Philippe Cullet, tel: 020 7898 4651.

Kurdish Human Rights Project 10th anniversary lecture9 December: Lectureorganised by the Kurdish Human Rights Project in conjunction with the Bar Human Rights Committee, to be held at St Paul's Cathedral, London at 7pm.

Cost: 15 (8 concessions).

Contact: Hannah Vaughan-Lee, tel: 020 7287 2772

Tilting the scales - defendants and victims, whose human rights?13 December: Lectureorganised by Ben Hoare Bell, the Legal Services Commission, and the University of Northumbria, to be held at the Main Lecture Theatre, Drill Hall, University of Northumbria, Northumberland Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, from 3pm to 4pm.

Admission free.

1 CPD hour.

Contact Claire Fenwick, tel: 0191 227 4605.

New rights for third parties; Costs and consequences21 January and 11 February: Seminarorganised by Hextalls Solicitors, to be held at Hextalls, 28 Leman Street, London E1, from 12.15pm to 2pm.

New rights will be held on 21 January, and Costs and consequences will be held on 11 February.

Both seminars run from 12.15pm to 2pm, are free and carry 1 CPD hour.

Contact Samantha Jayawardane, tel: 020 7488 1424.

MEETINGS AND EVENTS

Christmas drinks11 December: Eventorganised by the London Trainee Solicitors Group, to be held at Corts Bar and Restaurant, 84-86 Chancery Lane, London WC2, from 6pm.

Contact Julia Davenport, tel: 01223 222413.

Dinner party11 December: Eventorganised by the British Japanese Law Association, to be held at MIYAMA Restaurant, 17 Half Moon Street, London W1, from 7pm.

Cost: 30.

Contact: Koichiro Nakada, tel: 020 7006 1000.

Christmas social17 December: Eventorganised by the Freelance Solicitors Group, to be held at the Oxo Tower, Barge House Street, South Bank, London SE1, at 6.30pm.

Contact Janice Purssey, tel: 07814 133262.

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