Diary - 5 March to 2 May
Conferences and CoursesHarassment and illegal eviction; Mortgage advice: the prevention of homelessness5 and 11-12 March: Coursesorganised by Shelter, to be held at Friends Meeting House, Mount Street, Manchester.
Harassment is a one-day course on 5 March.
Cost: Cost: 79 to 140.
5 CPD hours.
Mortgage advice is a two-day course on 11-12 March.
Cost: 149 to 249.
10 CPD hours.
All sessions run from 10am to 4.30 pm.
Contact training administrator.
tel: 020 7490 6720.
Practice profitability; Achieve success through your team; Using clients' views of your service to enhance the relationship7 March; 10, 16 April: Coursesorganised by the Eastern Regional Office of the Law Society, to be held at Girton College, Huntingdon Road, Cambridge.
Each course runs from 4 pm to 7 pm.
Cost: up to 111.62 per course.
3 CPD hours.
Contact Julie Bissmire, tel: 01223 328924.
Introduction to Disability Discrimination in Employment; Introduction to Sex Discrimination at work; Transfer of Undertakings (TUPE)7, 15, 22 March: Coursesorganised by the National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux, to be held at Birmingham Voluntary Service Council, 138 Digbeth, Birmingham.
Disability discrimination is on 7 March; Sex Discrimination is on 15 March; TUPE is on 22 March.
All courses run from 10am to 4.30pm, cost 50 and carry 5 CPD hours.
Contact Jill Garton, tel: 01902 310568.
Successful negotation; Achieve success through your team; Understanding the profitability of work;New firms13 March, 9, 15, 24 April : Coursesorganised by the Law Society, to be held at the Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London WC2.
Successful negotiation is on 13 March; Achieve success is on 9 April; Profitability of work is on 15 April; and New firms is on 24 April,.
All courses run from 4pm to 7pm, cost: 105.75, and carry 3 CPD hours.
Contact Mercy Cefaz, tel: 020 7316 5554.
Companies and regulators in the human rights era22 March: Conferenceorganised by JUSTICE, Lovells and Blackstone Chambers, to be held at the Royal Society of Arts, 8 John Adam Street, London WC2, from 9.30am to 5.15pm.
Cost: 280 (JUSTICE members 250 plus VAT).
6 CPD points.
Contact Lucy Gearing, tel: 020 7296 2442.
lectures and seminarsThe Civil liability (contribution) Act 1978 - will it survive in its present form? Why contracts go wrong5 March: Lecturesorganised by the Society of Construction Law.
The 1978 Act is at the National Liberal Club, 1 Whitehall Place, London SW1.
Speaker: Nigel Jones QC.
Contracts is at the Renaissance Hotel, Carter Lane East, South Normanton, Derbyshire.
Speaker: Dr Peter Fenn of UMIST.
Both begin at 6.15pm, are free and carry 1 CPD point per hour.
Contact Jackie Morris, tel: 01235 770606.
Staff records and supervision under the specialist quality mark; How to comply with the new specialist quality mark5, 18 March: Lecturesorganised by the Legal Aid Practitioners Group.
Staff records is on 5 March at the Angel Hotel, Castle Street, Cardiff; How to comply is on 18 March at 150 Minories, London EC3.
Both run from 1.30pm to 5pm, cost 95 for members and 190 for non-members, and carry 3 CPD hours.
Contact Kate Comyn, tel: 020 7336 8565.
VAT and standard monthly payments for legal aid practitioners13 March: Seminarorganised by the Law Society's South West Regional Office, to be held at Armada House Conference Centre, Telephone Avenue, Bristol, from 2.30pm.
Cost: 50 plus VAT.
2.5 CPD hours.
Contact Elizabeth Dyer, tel: 0117 9304824.
Money laundering - solicitors as gatekeepers14, 21 March, 4, 18 April, 2 May: Roadshoworganised by Law Society regional offices, to be held on 14 March at the Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London WC2, from 4pm to 6pm (contact Mercy Cefaz, tel: 020 7316 5554); on 21 March at the Oake Manor Golf Club, Oake, near Taunton, from 5pm to 7pm (contact Elizabeth Dyer, tel: 01179 304824); on 4 April at the Tickled Trout Hotel, Preston New Road, Preston, from 4pm to 6pm (contact Kathy Smith, tel: 01772 561114); on 18 April at Girton College, Cambridge, from 4.30 to 6.45pm (contact Julie Bissmire, tel: 01223 328924) and on 2 May at Cardiff Law School, Museum Avenue, Cardiff, from 5pm to 7pm (contact Richard Jones, tel: 02920 645254).
Each roadshow costs 29.38 and carries 2 CPD hours.
Dignity at work26 March 2002: Lecture and discussionorganised by the London Young Solicitors Group, to be held at the Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London WC2, from 6.30pm to 7.30pm.
Speaker: Janet Pareskeva, Chief Executive of the Law Society.
LYSG members free, non-members 7.
1.5 CPD hours.
Contact Jane Swan, tel: 020 7374 8000.
meetings and eventsAnnual dinner21 March: Eventorganised by the Law Society Commerce and Industry Group, to be held at the Caf Royal, 68 Regent Street, London W1, at 7pm for 7.30pm.
Tickets 49.50 members, 79.50 non-members.
Contact Jennifer Pennington, tel: 01925 225 131.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: steve.jones@lawsociety.org.ukInclude telephone number, venue, cost and any CPD accreditation
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