Diary - 7 February to 9 April

CONFERENCES AND COURSES

Understanding financial statements13 February: Conferenceorganised by the Law Society's Commerce and Industry Group, to be held at the Crowne Plaza Midland Hotel, Peter Street, Manchester, from 9am to 5pm.

Cost: 220 to 270.6 CPD hours.

Contact: Jenny Kelly, tel: 0161 829 4057.

Debt and consumer credit law; LSC contracts: compliance for not-for-profit agencies25, 26 February: Coursesorganised by the Legal Action Group, to be held at ETC Ltd, 6 Avonmouth Street, London SE1.

Debt will be on 25 February, from 9.30am to 5.15pm.

Cost 249; 6 CPD hours.

Contracts will be on 26 February from 10am to 4pm.

Cost: 145; 4 CPD hours.

Contact Lisa Butchers, tel: 020 7833 7434.

PI management skills28 February: Conferenceorganised by the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers, to be held at the McCausland Hotel, 34-38 Victoria Street, Belfast, from 9.30am to 5pm.

Cost 160 to 195.00 plus VAT.6 CPD hours.

Contact Rachel Walters, tel: 0115 938 8712.

Parent carers and disabled children: research, good practice and the law;Charging for community care;Carers and mental health law6, 13, 18 March: Coursesorganised by Carers UK, to be held at 20-25 Glasshouse Yard, London EC1.

Parent carers will be held on 6 March; Community care will be on 13 March; and Mental health law will be on 18 March.

Each course runs from 10am to 4.30pm, carries 5 CPD hours, and costs from 90 to 140.

Contact Chris Hockley, tel: 020 7566 7632.

Economics, immigration, politics and asylum7 March: Conferenceorganised by the Society of Black Lawyers, to be held at the Law Society's Hall, 113 Chancery Lane, London WC2, from 10am to 5.30pm.

Cost: 75 to 95.

4 CPD hours.

Contact Marvia Borrell, tel: 020 8923 4406.

The Children Act 1989: the next decade10 March: Conferenceorganised by the NSPCC and Profile Productions, to be held at the Royal College of Physicians, 11 St Andrews Place, Regent's Park, London NW1, from 9am to 5pm.

Cost: 150 to 346.62.

5.5 CPD hours.

Contact Sue Elcock, tel: 020 8832 7311.

Outside bodies11 March: Courseorganised by Law Society's Local Government Group and the Association of Council Secretaries and Solicitors, to be held at held at ETC Venues, Avonmouth House, 6 Avonmouth Street, London SE1, from 10am to 3pm.

Cost: 139 plus VAT.

3.75 CPD hours.

Contact Lucy Fox, tel: 01483 275577.

Legal human resources forum27 March: Conference and exhibitionorganised by the Law Management Section of the Law Society and HR in Law, to be held at the Renaissance Chancery Court Hotel, High Holborn, London WC1, from 9am to 5.30pm.

Cost: 120 to 295 plus VAT.

5 CPD hours.

Contact Paul Seymour, tel: 020 7316 5572.

The new tax credit system;Social security commissioners' appeals31 March, 1 April: Coursesorganised by the Community Links Trust.

Tax credit will be held on 31 March at 105 Barking Road, London E1; Commissioners' appeals will be held on 1 April at the Financial Services Authority, 25 North Colonnade, London E14.

Each course runs from 1.30pm to 4.45pm and carries 3 CPD hours.

Contact David Lawson, tel: 020 7473 9641.

LECTURES AND SEMINARS

Personal injury updates11, 17, 20, 27 February: Seminarsorganised by Frenkel Topping, to be held on 11 February at the Britannia Adelphi Hotel, Ranelagh Place, Liverpool; on 17 February at The Finsbury Barracks, City Road, London EC1; on 20 February at Urbis, Cathedral Gardens, Manchester; and on 27 February at Jurys hotel, Prince Street, Bristol.

Each seminar runs between 6pm to 8pm and carries 2 CPD hours.

Free.

Contact Claire Griffiths, tel: 0161 886 8000.

Electronic services in litigation and conveyancing18, 27 February; 4, 12, 17, 25, 27 March; 9 April: Seminarsorganised by the Court Service and the Land Registry, to be held on 18 February at the Holiday Inn, Ringway, Preston; on 27 February at the Quality Inn, 166 Hagley Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham; on 4 March at the the Ramada Jarvis hotel, Guildford Road, East Horsley; on 12 March at the Holiday Inn, Pentwyn Road, Cardiff; on 17 March at the Thistle Hotel, Queen Street, Exeter; on 25 March at the Holiday Inn, Queen's Drive, Ossett, Wakefield, Yorkshire; on 27 March at the Devere University Arms Hotel, Regent Street, Cambridge; and on 9 April in the Lord Chancellor's Conference Room, Millbank Tower, London SW1.

Free admission.

All seminars run from 1.45pm to 4.30pm.

Contact Perry Timms, tel: 020 7210 1755.

MEETINGS AND EVENTS

Ceilidh7 February: Eventorganised by Gloucestershire and Wiltshire Young Solicitors Group, to be held at Gloucester Cathedral, 2 College Green Gloucester, from 7pm.

Members 5, non-members 6.

Buffet.

Contact Chris Othen, tel: 01452 520 224 or Amy Choudhary, tel: 01452 612 345.

Bridge club10 February; 10 March: Meetingsorganised by the Law Society Duplicate Bridge Club, to be held at the East India Club, 16 St James's Square, London SW1 at 7.30pm.

Cost: 9.

Refreshments.

Contact Nicholas Lakeland, tel: 020 7749 2700.

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