Diary - 9 September to 10 October
CONFERENCES AND COURSES
Preparing for a new Mental Health Act9-10, 11, 12-13 September: One-day and two-day coursesorganised by the Institute of Mental Health Law.
The two-day course will be held on 9 and 10 September at the Village Hotel, Otley Road, Headingley, Leeds, and on 12 and 13 September at the Wessex Hotel, West Cliff Road, Bournemouth.
Cost: 425 plus VAT.
10.5 CPD hours.
The one-day course will be on 11 September at the Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London WC2.
Cost: 295 plus VAT.
5.25 CPD hours.
Contact Tracy Muir, tel: 01773 550900.
Maximising your negotiation and influencing skills;Dealing with difficult clients; Homelessness and allocations law - advanced17-18, 19-20, 23-24, September; Two-day coursesorganised by Shelter.
Negotiation will be held on 17-18 September and Difficult clients on 19-20 September, both at Shelter Training, 168-172 Old Street, London EC1.
Homelessness will be held on 23-24 September at Friends' Meeting House, Mount Street, Manchester.
Sessions run from 10am to 4.30pm.
10 CPD hours per course.
Cost: 160 to 290.
Contact Katy Ellis, tel: 020 7490 6720.
Negotiation skills;Basic advocacy skills20, 27 September: Coursesorganised by the Law Society's Local Government Group and the Association of Council Secretaries and Solicitors.
Negotiation skills will be held on 20 September at Camden Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1, from 10am to 5.15pm.
Cost: 139 plus VAT.
7 CPD hours.
Basic advocacy skills will be held on 27 September at Manchester Town Hall, Albert Square, Manchester, from 10am to 5pm.
Cost: 165 plus VAT.
5.5 CPD hours.
Contact Lucy Fox, tel: 01483 275577.
Contaminated land24 September: Courseorganised by Lester Aldridge, to be held at Lester Aldridge, Russell House, Oxford Road, Bournemouth, from 3pm to 6pm.
3 CPD hours.
Cost: 30.
Contact Laura Balmer, tel: 01202 786237.
Coaching skills workshop24 September: Courseorganised by Association of Women Solicitors and Harris Kosky Associates, to be held at the Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London WC2, from 2pm to 5.15pm.
3 CPD hours.
Cost: 35.
Contact: Sandra Dawson, tel: 020 7837 0069
Children Act 1989 in Practice; Security of tenure - advanced; Homelessness - risk assessment; Secure and assured tenancies - problems in practice26, 27, 30 September: Coursesorganised by Shelter.
Children Act will be held on 26 September; Security of tenure will be held on 27 September; Homelessness and Tenancies will be held on 30 September.
Tenancies will be held at York CVS, Priory Street, York; the others will be at Shelter Training, 168-172 Old Street, London, EC1.
Each course runs from 10am to 4.30pm and carries 5 CPD hours.
Cost: 80 to 160.
Contact Katy Ellis, tel: 020 7490 6720.
Caught in the middle: children, divorce and separation27 September: Courseorganised by Independent Children Services, to be held at the Parkway Hotel, Cwmbran Drive, Cwmbran, South Wales, from 9.30am to 4.30am.
5 CPD hours.
Costs 90 plus VAT.
5 CPD hours.
Contact Tracy George, tel: 01633 258711.
Maximising criminal costs 1;Meeting quality mark business planning requirements27 September, 10 October: Coursesorganised by the Legal Aid Practitioners Group.
Criminal costs will be held on 27 September at the Caledonian Hotel, Osborne Road, Jesmond, Newcastle, from 9.30am to 5pm.
6 CPD hours.
Meeting the quality mark will be held on 10 October at the Dolphin Hotel, High Street, Southampton, from 1.30pm to 5pm.
3 CPD hours.
Cost: 95 to 250 plus VAT.
Contact Kate Comyn, tel: 020 7336 8565.
Solicitors 2002 - the changing legal landscape27 and 28 September: Annual conferenceof the Law Society, to be held at the Manchester International Convention Centre, Windmill Street, Manchester.
Speakers include Attorney-General Lord Goldsmith QC and Home Secretary David Blunkett.
Cost: 195 to 295, plus VAT.
Discounts.
10 CPD hours.
Contact Danielle Richards, tel: 01625 267880, or e-mail: solicitors2002@rfb.co.uk
LECTURES AND SEMINARS
Environmental and planning law update; Environmental impact assessment20 September, 4 October: Seminarsorganised by the Environmental Law Foundation, to be held at the Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London WC2.
Planning update will be held on 20 September; Impact assessment will be held on 4 October.
Each runs from 9am to 11am, costs 33 to 44, and carries 2 CPD hours.
Contact Anastasia Calder, tel: 0207 404 1030.
11 September - one year on21 September: Lectureorganised by the UK group of the International Society for Military Law and the Law of War, to be held at Charles Clore House, 17 Russell Square, London WC1, from 2pm to 4pm.
Followed by the AGM.
Non-members welcome.
Free.
Contact Justin McClelland, tel: 01793 787200.
Presidential address10 October: Lectureorganised by the Medico-Legal Society, to be held at the Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street London W1, from 8.15pm to 9.30pm.
1.25 CPD hours.
Contact Dr Jill Crombie, tel: 020 7839 0278.
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
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