Diary

31 january to 14 may Diarylectures and seminarsThe Woolf Report: a decade of change31 January: Annual lectureorganised by the Prison Reform Trust, to be held at the Law Society's Hall, 113 Chancery Lane, London WC2, from 6.30pm to 9pm.

Lord Woolf will discuss the prison system ten years after the Strangeways riot.

Free admission; advance tickets available from Lucy de Lancey, 15 Northburgh Street, London EC1V 0JR.

For further information, contact Ms de Lancey, tel: 020 7251 5070.

The impact of the European Convention on Human Rights on medical law8 February: Lectureorganised by the Medico-Legal Society, to be held at the Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street, London W1, from 8.15pm.1.5 CPD hours.

Free admission to members and guests; non-members are encouraged to join the society.

To go as a guest, contact Dr Jill Crombie, tel: 020 7836 0011.

National IP rights - a moribund anachronism in a federal europe?19 February: Lecture and dinnerorganised by the Competition Law Association, to be held in the council chamber, Institution of Electrical Engineers, Savoy Place, London WC2 at 6pm.

Fourth Burrell competition lecture.

Speaker: Mr Justice Laddie of the patents court.

Cost: 85, lecture and dinner for members or if joining; 95 non-members; 35 lecture only.

For details, contact Ros Stanger or Caroline Glover, tel: 01932 782254.

Can the European Convention on Human Rights be used to protect Christian freedoms?5 March: Seminarorganised by the Lawyers' Christian Fellowship, to be held at Allen & Overy, 1 New Change, London EC4.

Refreshments available at 6.15pm, seminar begins at 6.30pm.

Speaker: John Warwick Montgomery, professor of law and humanities at the University of Luton and an author on Christian matters.

For details contact John Lloyd, tel: 07947 069980.Legal problems of the older client21 March: Seminarorganised by Age Concern England and Exchange on Ageing Law and Ethics (EAGLE), to be held from 11:45am to 2:30pm at the Swallow Hilltop Hotel, London Road, Carlisle.2 CPD hours for solicitors and legal executives.

Cost: 52.87 for members of the legal profession; 35.25 for registered charities.

For details, contact Cheryl Moore, tel: 020 8765 7377.

CONFERENCES AND COURSES Commercial law and the Human Rights Act7 February: Courseorganised by Liberty with Littleton Chambers, to be held from 10am to 5pm at the National Council for Voluntary Organisations, 8 All Saints Street, London N1.

6 CPD points.

Cost 200.

Discounts for trainees, pupils, law centres etcetera.

Contact Zoe Gillard, tel: 020 7378 3667.

Budgets & profitability analysis13 February: Courseorganised by the Law Society, to be held at 113 Chancery Lane, London WC2 from 3.30pm to 6.30pm.

3 CPD hours.

Cost: 105.75.

Contact Mercy Cefaz, tel: 020 7316 5554.

New firms15 February: Courseorganised by the Law Society, to be held at 113 Chancery Lane, London WC2 from 3.30pm to 6.30pm.

3 CPD hours.

Cost: 105.75.

Contact Mercy Cefaz, tel: 020 7316 5554.

Criminal law update 20016 March: Courseorganised by Bristol Law Society, to be held from 12 noon to 5.45pm at Armada House, Telephone Avenue, Bristol.

Speaker: Anthony Edwards.5 hours CPD.

Contact: Vicky Sleap,tel: 0117 9763090.

Franchise supervision7 March: Courseorganised by local law societies and practitioner associations, to be held at Birmingham Law Society, Temple Street, Birmingham, from 9am to 12.30pm.

Additional course as the 1.30pm course is full.

3 CPD hours.

Cost: members 100, non-members 125, plus VAT.

Details from Jon Nicholls, tel: 0121 633 6905.

MEETINGS AND EVENTSBridge club12 February, 12 March, 9 April, 14 May: Meetingsof the Law Society Duplicate Bridge Club, to be held at the East India Club, 16 St James's Square, London SW1, from 7.30pm.

Contact Edward Album, tel: 020 7971 5667.

Implications of the Human Rights Act for competition law 13 February: Meeting and talkorganised by the Law Society's European Group, to be held at the Law Society's Hall, 113 Chancery Lane, London WC2, at 6.15pm.

Cost 18 members, 20 non-members, 6.50 trainees.

1 hour CPD.

Speaker: Eleanor Sharpston QC.

Contact Debbie Harris, tel: 01905 724734.

AGM and dinner27 February: Annual general meetingof the West London Law Society, to be held at 6.30pm at the RAF Club, 128 Piccadilly, London W1.

To book, send a cheque for 25 payable to West London Law Society to David Fleming, William Heath & Co, 16 Sale Place, Sussex Gardens, LondonW2 1PX, DX:38750 Paddington.

For details tel: 020 7402 3151.

Lawyers' music7 March: Concertorganised by Lawyers' Music, to be held at 7pm at St Lawrence Jewry Church, Gresham Street, London EC1.

Cost: 5 on the door.

Includes Purcell's Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary, and spirituals from A Child of Our Time.

Contact Brenda Blankfield, tel: 020 8449 6162.

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 contact number, venue, cost and CPD accreditation.

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