Diary - 6 June to 22 July

CONFERENCES AND COURSES

Are you ready for the Freedom of Information Act?Licensing - advanced10, 11 June: Coursesorganised by the Law Society's Local Government Group and the Association of Council Secretaries and Solicitors.

Freedom of Information is on 10 June at Manchester Town Hall, Albert Square, Manchester, from 10am to 4pm.

4.5 CPD hours.

Licensing is on 11 June at ETC Venues, Avonmouth House, 6 Avonmouth Street, London SE1.5.5 CPD hours.

Each costs 135 plus VAT.

Contact Martina Bobrzyk, tel: 01483 275577.

Annual conference14 June: Conferenceorganised by the Law Society's European Group, to be held at the Hotel Metropole, Brussels, Belgium.

Dinner at Kasteel Gravenhof on Friday with guest speaker judge Nicholas Forwood of the Court of First Instance.

Cost: 190 to 360 plus VAT.

Dinner 68 plus VAT.

6 CPD hours.

Contact Jo Rae, tel: 01905 724734.

How to handle difficult people effectively;Money laundering - solicitors as gatekeepers17, 18 June: Coursesorganised by the Law Society.

How to handle difficult people will be held on 17 June at the Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London WC2, from 4pm to 7pm.

Cost: 105.75.

3 CPD hours.

Money laundering will be held on 18 June at the East London Centre, 64 Broadway, Stratford, London E15, from 4pm to 6pm.

Cost: 29.38.

2 CPD hours.

Contact Mercy Cefaz, tel: 020 7316 5554.

A new Mental Health Act - reform or retreat?;Mental incapacity - who is deciding?20-21 June: Two-day conferenceorganised by the Law Society and the Royal College of Psychiatrists, to be held at the Senate House, University of London, Malet Street, London WC1, from 9.30am to 5.30pm on both days.

Mental Health Act is on 20 June and mental incapacity on 21 June.

Cost: from 211.50 to 352.50.

11 CPD hours.

Contact Rosemary McMahon, tel: 020 7233 8322.

Employment law essentials: a practical introduction;Civil Procedure Rules - keeping on the right side of the judge; Managing criminal contracts; Housing arrears and welfare benefits20, 25, 27 June: Coursesorganised by Legal Action Group, to be held at ETC Ltd, 6 Avonmouth Street, London SE1.

Employment law essentials is on 20 June, from 9.30am to 5.15pm.

Cost: 239.

6 CPD hours.

Civil Procedure Rules is on 25 June, from 9.30am to 5.15pm.

Cost: 239.

6 CPD hours.

Managing criminal contracts is on 25 June, from 5.30pm to 8.45pm.

Cost: 135.

3 CPD hours.

Housing arrears is on 27 June, from 5.30pm to 8.45pm.

Cost: 239.

6 CPD hours.

Contact Lisa Butchers, tel: 020 7833 7434.

Skeleton arguments for civil practitioners22 July: Courseorganised by the Solicitors' Association of Higher Court Advocates, to be held at Ashurst Morris Crisp, Broadwalk House, 5 Appold Street, London EC2, from 3.30pm to 7.30pm.

Cost: 80 to 120.

Contact Sandra Dawson, tel 020 7837 0069.

LECTURES AND SEMINARS

Family law protocol6 June: Seminarorganised by the Wales office of the Law Society, to be held at the Village Hotel, junction 32 of the M4 in Cardiff, from 5pm to 6.30pm.

Cost: 29.38.

1.5 CPD hours.

Contact Anwen Griffiths, tel: 029 2064 5254.

Argentina: business prospects and challenges6 June: Seminarorganised by the Society of British and Argentine Lawyers and the British Argentine Chamber of Commerce, to be held at the Argentine Embassy, 65 Brook Street, London W1, from 6pm.

Cost: 10 to 20.

Contact the British Argentine Chamber of Commerce, tel: 020 7495 8730.

Why contracts go wrong;I have no direct contract with the wrongdoer - how do I sue?; Construction law - best relationships and communications11, 17, 27 June: Lecturesorganised by the Society of Construction Law.

Contracts is on 11 June at the Brunswick Building, Leeds Metropolitan University, Merrion Way, Leeds, at 6pm.

Wrongdoer is on 17 June at the National Liberal Club, Whitehall Place, London SW1, at 6.15pm.

Construction law is in in the Newton Boardroom, Newton Building, Nottingham Trent University, Burton Street, Nottingham, at 6pm.

Free admission.

1 CPD hour each.

Contact Jackie Morris, tel: 01235 770606.

Property and planning update for local authorities13 June: Seminarorganised by Berwin Leighton Paisner, to be held at Berwin Leighton Paisner, Adelaide House, London Bridge, London EC4, from 6pm to 7pm.

Free.

1 CPD hour.

Contact Simon Raffaghello, tel: 020 7760 4168.

Company directors' and senior managers' employment2 July: Seminarorganised by North Staffordshire Law Society, to be held at the Law School, Staffordshire University, Leek Road, Stoke-on-Trent, from 6pm to 8pm.

Cost: 30.

2 Hours CPD.

Contact Pat Holdcroft, tel: 01782 294689.

MEETINGS AND EVENTS

'Back to school' sports event and barbecue:4 July: Evening activityorganised by the Sheffield Trainee Solicitors' Group, to be held at the HSBC Sports Ground, Hathersage Road, Dore, Sheffield from 6pm.

Free.

Individuals or teams of six to register by 21 June.

Contact Patricia Shaw, tell: 01909 544 009, or Kate Smith, tel: 0114 279 4022, or e-mail: sheffieldtsg@hotmail.com

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