Diary
14 september to 30 november
lectures and seminarsEnvironmental judicial review:IPPC inquiries and appeal14 and 28 September: Seminarsorganised by the Environmental Law Foundation and Verulam Chambers, to be held at Verulam Chambers, Verulam Street, London WC1, from 8.30am to 10.30am.
Each seminar is presented by an ELF member barrister, costs 39 including light breakfast, and carries 2 CPD hours.
Contact Paul Stookes, tel: 020 7404 1030.
Human rights update19 September: Lecture organised by Central and South Middlesex Law Society, to be held at Thames Valley University, St Mary's Road, Ealing, London W5, from 6pm to 8pm.
Cost: 30 non members, 20 members.
2 CPD hours.
Contact Trish McCready, tel: 020 8992 6643.
The psychology of fraud and the fraudster from the forensic accountant's perspective30 October: Seminarorganised by Cook Sheppard Pinhey, to be held at the Belstead Brook Hotel, Ipswich, from 1.45pm to 4.30pm.
Cost 29.38 including VAT and refreshments.
2 CPD hours.
Contact Lisa Jelley, tel: 01473 346201.
conferences and coursesRepresenting at possession hearings19 September: Courseorganised by Shelter, to be held at Shelter Training, 168-172 Old Street, London, EC1, from 10am to 4.30pm.
Cost: 105-155.
5 CPD hours.
Contact the training administrator, tel: 020 7490 6720.
Education law19 September: Conferenceorganised by the Law Society's local government group, to be held at Kensington Town Hall, Hornton Street, London W8, from 10am to 5pm.
Keynote Speaker: Cherie Booth QC.
Cost: 125 plus VAT.
5.5 CPD hours.
Contact Martina Bobrzyk, tel: 01483 275577.Introduction to mental health review tribunals19-20 September: Two-day courseorganised by the Legal Action Group and MIND, to be held at 6 Avonmouth Street, London SE1, from 10am.
Cost: 395.
12 CPD hours.
Contact Lisa Butchers, tel: 020 7833 7434.
Property law25 September: Courseorganised by the Law Society's local government group, to be held at the Law Society's Hall, 113 Chancery Lane, London WC2, from 10am to 4.30pm.
Cost: 125 plus VAT.
5 CPD hours.
Contact Martina Bobrzyk, tel: 01483 275577.
Devolved powers28 September; 30 November: Courseorganised by the Legal Aid Practitioners Group, to be held on28 September at the Thistle Hotel, Neville Street, Newcastle, and on 30 November at the Thistle Hotel, Queen Street, Exeter, from 1.45 to 5.15 pm.
3 CPD hours.
Cost: members 80, non-members 150.
Contact Barbara Moody, tel: 020 7336 8565.
Welfare benefits: meeting the mandatory franchising requirement3-4 October: Two-day courseorganised by Shelter, to be held at Shelter Training, 168-172 Old Street, London, EC1, from 10am to 4.30pm.
Satisfies the Legal Aid Commission's Welfare Benefits franchising agreement.
Cost: 199-277.
10 CPD hours.
Contact the training administrator, tel: 020 7490 6720.
Managing billing - how to create a win-win strategy12 October: Workshoporganised by the south-west regional office of the Law Society, to be held at the Hatherley Manor hotel, Down Hatherley Lane, Gloucester, from1.45 to 5.15 pm.
Cost: 90 plus VAT.
3 CPD hours.
Contact Elizabeth Dyer, tel: 0117 930 4824.
Solicitors 200127-28 October: Annual conferenceof the Law Society, to be held at the International Convention Centre, Broad Street, Birmingham, from 9.30am.
Cost: 125 to 250 plus VAT.
8 CPD hours.
Contact CLT, tel: 0121 355 0900.
Putting justice on the social exclusion agenda16-17 November: Annual conferenceof the Law Centres Federation, to be held at Lensbury Hall, Lensbury Conference Centre, Teddington Lock, Broom Road, Teddington, Middlesex from 11am.
Cost: 70-220 depending on status.
CPD accredited.
Contact Noeleen Adams, tel: 020 7387 8570.
meetings and eventsGallery visit and painting expedition15 September: Gallery visitorganised by the Law Society's Art Group, to the Victoria and Albert Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7.
Meet in the main entrance hall at 11am.
There will be a guided tour of the collections and the glass sculptures by Dale Chihuly.
Entrance: 5.
Contact: Tom Butler, tel: 020 8852 5567.
(The painting expedition to Hackney is postponed owing to the Hackney Empire redevelopment).
Law Society Cricket Club23 September: Cricket matchversus Middleton Stoney, to be held at Middleton Park, Middleton Stoney, Oxfordshire, at 1pm.
Free.
New players welcome.
Contact Richard O'Hagan, tel: 0118 951 6614.
Meeting25 September: Evening socialorganised by the Freelance Solicitors Group, to be held at Hodgson's wine bar, Chancery Lane, London WC2, at 6.45pm.
Contact Janice Purssey, tel: 01322 435371.
Annual dinner19 October: Dinnerorganised by the Birmingham Trainee Solicitors' Society, to be held at the Birmingham Hilton Metropole from 7pm.
Cost 60.
Black tie.
Contact Fiona Hayles, tel: 0121 200 3300.
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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