Diary - 8 May to 13 June
CONFERENCES AND COURSES
Disrepair and conditions: inspecting a house;Supporting people8 and 9 May: Coursesorganised by Shelter.
Disrepair is a two-day course on 8-9 May, to be held at Leeds Church Institute, 20 New Market Street, Leeds, from 10am to 4.30pm.
Cost: 149 to 249.
Supporting people is a one-day course on 9 May to be held at 168-172 Old Street, London EC1, from 10am to 4.30pm.
Cost 113 to 166.
5 CPD hours.
Contact the training administrator, tel: 020 7490 6720.
Surviving the civil costs compliance audit;Maximising criminal costs9, 13 May: Coursesorganised by the Legal Aid Practitioners Group.
Civil costs is on 9 May at 150 Minories, London EC3, from 2pm to 5pm.
Cost: 95 to 223.25.
3 CPD hours.
Criminal costs is on 13 May at the Thistle Hotel, St Chads Queensway, Birmingham, from 10am to 5pm.
6 CPD hours.
Cost: 150 to 293.75.
Contact Kate Comyn, tel: 020 7336 8565.
Housing disrepair14 May: Courseorganised by the Law Society's Local Government Group and the Association of Council Secretaries and Solicitors, to be held at ETC Venues, 6 Avonmouth Street, London SE1, from 10am to 4pm.
Cost: 135 plus VAT.
4.5 CPD hours.
Contact Martina Bobrzyk, tel: 01483 275577.
Sex discrimination practice and procedure17 May: Courseorganised by the National Association of Citizens' Advice Bureaux, to be held at 138 Digbeth, Birmingham, from 10am to 4.30pm.
5 CPD hours.
Cost: 50 for LSC contract holders.
Contact Jill Garton, tel: 01902 310568.
Profitability and financial management II21 May: Courseorganised by the Law Society, to be held at Ealing Town Hall, New Broadway, Ealing, London W5, from 3.15pm to 6.15pm.
Cost: 105.75.
3 CPD hours.
Contact Mercy Cefaz, tel: 020 7316 5554.
Legal aid contracts: how to operate the block payments23 May, 13 June: Courseorganised by Institute of Legal Cashiers and Administrators and the Legal Aid Practitioners Group, to be held on 23 May at the Alverton Manor Hotel, Tregolls Road, Truro, Cornwall, and on 13 June at the Jarvis Hotel, Ealing Common, London W5, from 9.30 to 5pm.
Cost: from 120.
6 CPD hours.
Contact Linda Willis, tel: 020 8294 2887.
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 Senate House, the 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: 0207 233 8322.
LECTURES AND SEMINARS
Personal injury update;On-line marketing strategies; Criminal law update; Matrimonial legislation for support staff8, 14, 15, 23 May: Seminarsorganised by Nottingham Law Society.
Personal injury is on 8 May from 9.30am to 5pm.
6 CPD hours.
On-line marketing is on14 May from 2pm to 5pm.
3 CPD hours.
Criminal law is on 15 May from 9am to 5pm.
6 CPD hours.
Matrimonial litigation is on 23 May from 2pm to 5pm.
3 CPD hours.
Criminal law update is at the Galleries of Justice, Nottingham; the others are at 50 Carrington Street, Nottingham.
Cost: 45 to 195.
For details of On-line marketing contact Harpreet Sandhu, tel: 0115 958 4875; for the others, contact Mike Lewis, tel: 0115 950 5324.
Solicitors Accounts Rules14 May: half-day Seminarorganised by Altior, to be held at the Renaissance hotel, Blackfriars Street, Manchester, from 10.15am to 1.30pm and 1.45pm to 5pm.
Cost: 165 plus VAT.
3 CPD hours.
Contact Janine Jones, tel: 029 2044 2036.
Old dogs, new tricks13 May: Lectureorganised by the Society of Construction Law, to be held at the National Liberal Club, Whitehall Place, London SW1, from 6.15pm.
Free admission.
1 CPD point per hour.
Speaker: Max Abrahamson.
Contact Jackie Morris, tel: 01235 770606.
Employment law: part-time, atypical, and fixed-term workers21 May: Evening 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
'This House believes that arbitration has no role for the domestic construction industry'9 May: Debateorganised by the Society of Construction Law, a Joint meeting with the North East Branch of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators Debate between Paul Darling QC and Peter Coulson QC, to be held at Gosforth Park Hotel, High Gosforth Park, Newcastle, at 5.30pm.
1 CPD point per hour.
Free admission, no booking necessary.
Contact Jackie Morris, tel: 01235 770606.
Reception16 May: Eventorganised by the British Nordic Lawyers Association, to be held at the Residence of the Danish Ambassador in London, at 6.30 pm.
Tickets 12.
Pre-booking essential.
Contact Geoffrey Berriman, tel: 0191 371 8385; e-mail:gberriman@talk21.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: steve.jones@lawsociety.org.ukInclude telephone number, venue, cost and any CPD accreditation
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