Diary

31 MARCH to 17 may

CONFERENCES AND COURSES
Time management

4 April: Course

organised by the Eastern Region Office of the Law Society, to be held at Girton College, Huntingdon Road, Cambridge, at 10am.

3 CPD hours.

Cost: £80 plus VAT.

Contact Julie Bissmire, tel: 01223 328924.




Family law - ancillary relief update

4 April: Conference

organised by Central and South Middlesex Law Society, to be held at Thames Valley University, St Mary's Road, Ealing, London W5.

2 CPD hours.

Cost: £20 (members), £30 (non-members).

For details, contact Diane Hodges, tel: 020 8231 2140.




Recent developments in local authority law

4 April: Course

organised by the Law Society's Local Government Group, to be held at Kensington Town Hall, Hornton Street, London W8, from 10am to 5pm.

5.5 CPD hours.

For more details contact Martina Bobrzyk, tel: 01483 275577.




Profitability & financial management

4 April: Course

organised by the Greater London regional office of the Law Society, to be held at the Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London, WC2, from 3.30pm to 6.30pm.

3 CPD hours.

Cost: £117.50.

For details, contact Mercy Cefaz, tel: 020 7316 5554.




Immigration, asylum and housing rights

5 April: Course

organised by Shelter Training, to be held at Shelter Training, Old Street, London EC1, from 10am to 4.30pm.

5 CPD hours.

Cost: £98-£144.

For more details, contact the training administrator, tel: 020 7490 6720.




Family law update para-legals advanced

5 April: Course

organised by Nottinghamshire Law Society, to be held at Nottinghamshire Law Society, 50 Carrington Street, Nottingham, from 2pm.

Cost: £50 (members), £65 (non-members).
3 CPD hours.

For details, contact Mike Lewis, tel: 0115 9505324.


Welfare benefits for franchised lawyers: update

10 April: Course

organised by the Legal Aid Practitioners Group, to be held at the Britannia Hotel, Birmingham, from 1.45 to 5.15pm.

3 CPD hours.

Contact Richard Miller, tel: 020 7336 8565.


Step-by-step guide to the Internet

17 April: Course

organised by the Greater London regional office of the Law Society, to be held at the Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London, WC2, from 4pm to 7pm.

3 CPD hours.

Cost: £117.50.

Contact Mercy Cefaz, tel: 020 7316 5554.




The legal landscape of the Internet

25 April: Course

organised by University College London, to be held at the British Medical Association, Tavistock Square, London WC1, from 6.30pm to 8.30pm.

2 CPD hours.

Cost: £70.

For more details, contact: Lisa Penfold, tel: 020 7679 1514.




Damages on death and multipliers for future loss

26 April: Course

organised by Bristol Law Society, to be at Armada House, Telephone Avenue, Bristol, from 2pm to 5.15pm.

3 hours CPD.

Cost: £118.09 (for members), £155.10 (non-members).

Contact: Vicky Sleap, tel: 0117 9763090.




Sole Practitioners Group sixth annual conference

27-29 April: Conference

organised by the Solicitors Sole Practitioners Group, to be held at the Majestic Hotel, Harrogate, Yorkshire.

7.5 CPD hours.

Cost: £70 (members), £35 (non-members).

Contact John Lymbury, tel: 01636 814555.




LECTURES AND SEMINARS

The Competition Act 1998: anniversary of a regime

5 April: Lecture

organised by the London Young Solicitors Group, to be held at The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London, WC1.

1.5 CPD hours.

Cost: members free, £7 non-members.




Legal problems: older clients

2 May: Seminar

organised by Age Concern England/EAGLE, to be held at Posthouse Cardiff City, Castle Street, Cardiff, from 11.45am to 2.30pm.

Cost: £52.87 (legal and medical profession), £35.25 (reg charities).

Contact Cheryl Moore, tel: 020 8765 7377.




APIL/FOIL presentation PI costs and insurance referral schemes

16 May: Seminar

organised by by the Devon & Exeter Law Society, to be held at Exeter Golf & Country Club, from 2pm to 4pm.

2 CPD hours.

For details, contact Monique Bertoni, tel: 01392 411585.




Charity law and tax issues

17 May: Seminar

organised by Stone King in association with Kingston Smith, to be held at The Whitechapel Art Gallery, Whitechapel High Street, London, E1, from 3pm to 6.10pm.

For more information, contact Robert Meakin, tel: 020 7796 1007.




MEETINGS AND EVENTS

Immigration: entry clearance procedures

2 April: Meeting

organised by The Immigration Law Practitioners' Association & The Law Society's Immigration Law Committee, to be held at The Council Chamber, The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London WC2, from 6pm to 8pm.

Meeting with Rabinder Singh, independent monitor for entry clearance refusals.

For more information, contact Linda Winter, tel: 020 7320 5815.


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