Diary

7 june to 2 july

conferences and coursesPrivacy and human rights: what chance for article 8?16 June: Annual conferenceorganised by Liberty, to be held at Hamilton House, Mabledon Place, London WC1, from 10am to 5pm.

The effect of legislation on article 8.

Cost: 35.00.

6 CPD hours.

Contact Zoe Gillard, tel: 020 7378 3667.

Understanding human rights principles19 June: Courseorganised by JUSTICE, to be held at Clifford Chance, 200 Aldersgate Street, London EC1, from 5.30pm to 8.45pm.

Speakers: Murry Hunt of Matrix Chambers and Jonathan Cooper of JUSTICE.

Cost: from 35.3 CPD points.

Contact Ruth Allen, tel: 020 7762 6437.

Dealing with members20 June: Courseorganised by the Law Society's local government group, to be held at the Law Society's Hall, 113 Chancery Lane, London WC2, from 1.30pm to 5pm.

3.25 CPD hours.

Contact Martina Bobrzyk, tel: 01483 275577.

Welfare benefits: meeting the mandatory franchising requirements21-22 June: Two-day courseorganised by Shelter, to be held at Friends Meeting House, Mount Street, Manchester, from 10am to 4.30pm.

10 CPD hours.

Contact Katy Ellis, tel: 020 7490 6720.

Dispute resolution: the current landscape26 June: Conferenceorganised by the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators' London branch, to be held at the Kingsway Hall Hotel, Great Queen Street, London WC2, from 9.15 to 4.45pm.

7 CPD hours.

Contact Rachel Hiscox, tel: 020 7242 4141.

Local authority contracts law26 June: Conferenceorganised by the Law Society's local government group, to be held at the Local Government Association, Local Government House, Smith Square, London SW1, from 10am to 4.30pm.

5 CPD hours.

Contact Martina Bobrzyk, tel: 01483 275577.

lectures and seminarsUnity and division: the search for similarities in contemporary European law7 June: Lectureorganised by the Faculty of Laws, UCL, to be held in Cruciform Lecture Theatre 1, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1, at 6pm.

Speaker: Professor Basil Markesinis of UCL.

Free admission.

Contact Lisa Penfold, tel: 020 7679 1514.

Computers and law11 and 13 June: Lecturesorganised by the Society for Computers and Law.

'Adding value by improving knowledge flows: a legal challenge' will take place on 11 June at Nabarro Nathanson, Lacon House, Theobald's Road, London, WC1, and 'Secure Domain name Management in a time of change' will take place on 13 June at Morgan Cole, Apex Plaza, Forbury Road, Reading, both at 6.30 pm.

Advance booking essential.

Cost: 20 members, 35 non-members, plus VAT.

1 CPD hour.

Contact Ruth Baker, tel: 01179 237393.

Caught in the Web14 June: Lectureorganised by the City of Westminster Law Society, to be held at 190 Strand, London WC2, at 6.15pm.

Speaker: Jonathan Cornthwaite of Wedlake Bell.

Cost: 25 non-members.

1 hour CPD.

Contact: E J Beesley, tel: 020 8209 1039.

Housing and the Human Rights Act2 July: Updateorganised by Liberty, to be held at Linklaters & Alliance, 1 Silk Street, London EC2, from 5.30pm to 8pm.

Cost: standard 50; Lawyers for Liberty 40; concessions 30.

2 CPD points.

Contact Zoe Gillard, tel: 020 7378 3667.

meetings and eventsBlack Comedy13-15 June: PlayDenton Wilde Sapte drama society presents Black Comedy by Peter Shaffer, to be held at Denton Wilde Sapte Auditorium, 1 Fleet Place, London EC4, at 7pm.

Admission: 7.

For tickets, contact Jacqueline Silver, tel: 020 7242 1212.

Sociable single lawyers and doctors16 June: Dinnerorganised by the Lego-Medical Dining Association, to be held in central London.

Booking essential.

Contact Jacqui Samuel, tel: 020 7794 1634.

Solicitors Benevolent Association AGM20 June: Annual general meetingof the Solicitors Benevolent Association, to be held at the Council Chamber, Law Society Hall, 113 Chancery Lane, London WC2, at 12pm.

Contact, tel: 020 8675 6440.

Reunion garden party24 June: Eventorganised by the College of Law, to be held at The College of Law, Braboeuf Manor, St Catherines, Guildford, from 11am to 4pm.

For all former staff and students.

Proceeds to CHASE for children's hospice.

Cost: 10 adults, children free.

Contact Tina Ritchie, tel: 01483 460252.

Evening social28 June: Meetingorganised by the Freelance Solicitors Group, to be held on the Queen Mary, Victoria Embankment, London WC2, at 6.45pm.

Contact Janice Purssey, tel: 01322 435371.

In the firing line: politics, faith, power and forgiveness29 June: Annual dinner and speechorganised by the Lawyers' Christian Fellowship, to be held at the Savoy Hotel, Strand, London WC2, at 7.15pm.

Speaker: the Rt Hon Sir Brian Mawhinney MP.

Tickets 44.

Contact John Lloyd, tel: 07947 069980.

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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