Diary
6 December 2001 to 11 March 2002
lectures and seminarsCloning and human embryo cell research;Australia's Anglo-American legacy: constitutional and human rights issues6 and 10 December: Lecturesorganised by University College London, to be held in the main lecture theatre, Faculty of Laws, UCL, Bentham house, Endsleigh Gardens, London WC1.
Cloning will be held on 6 December from 6pm to 7pm.
Speaker: Professor John Harris, University of Manchester.
Australia's legacy will be held on 10 December from 1pm to 2pm.
Speaker: E Gough Whitlam QC, former Prime Minister of Australia, and former Australian ambassador to UNESCO.
Contact Lisa Penfold, tel: 020 7679 1514.
Maximising criminal costs 111 December: Lectureorganised by the Legal Aid Practitioners Group, to be held at the Moat House hotel, Chesterfield Road South, Sheffield, from 9.30am to 5pm.
Cost: members 120, Non-members 200.
6 CPD hours.
Contact Kate Comyn, tel: 020 7336 8565.
Exhaustion of trademark rights and free movement of goods11 December: Lectureorganised by the Law Society's European Group, to be held at the Law Society's Hall, 113 Chancery Lane, London WC2, at 6.15pm.
Speakers: Henry Carr QC of 11 South Square, David Rose of SJ Berwin, and LSEG chairman Tom Usher.
Cost: up to 35.
1 CPD hour.
Contact Everyevent, tel: 01905 724734.
The trial of Louise Woodward, shaken baby syndrome and the travelling expert witness13 December: Lectureorganised by the Medico-Legal Society, to be held at the Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street, London W1, at 8.15pm.
Speaker: Professor TJ David, professor of child health and paediatrics, University of Manchester.
Free.
1.25 CPD hours.
Contact Dr Jill Crombie, tel: 020 7839 0278.conferences and coursesLaw Society managementcourse stage one;Premises and pupils; Truancy prosecutions and allied matters10 December: Coursesorganised by the Law Society's Local Government Group.
Management will be held at the Guildhall, Bath, from 10am to 5pm.
Cost: 165 plus VAT.
7 CPD hours.
Premises and Truancy will both be held at ETC Venues, Avonmouth House, 6 Avonmouth Street London, SE1; Premises from 10am to 1.15pm and Truancy from 2pm to 5.15pm.
Each costs 69 plus VAT and carries 3 CPD hours.
Both can be taken as an all-day course for 125 plus VAT.
Contact Martina Bobrzyk, tel: 01483 275577.
Licensing: basic survival guide11 December: Courseorganised by the Law Society's Local Government Group, to be held at the Commonwealth Institute, Kensington High Street, London W8, from 10am to 5pm.
Cost: 125 plus VAT.
5.5 CPD hours.
Contact Martina Bobrzyk, tel: 01483 275577.
Local Government Act workshop - adapting the new model codes for standards and probity13 December: Conferenceorganised by the Law Society's Local Government Group, to be held at: ETC Venues, Avonmouth House, 6 Avonmouth Street London, SE1, from 10am to 4pm.
Cost: 125 plus VAT.
4.5 CPD hours.
Contact Martina Bobrzyk, tel: 01483 275577.
meetings and eventsLawyers' Music8 December: Concertorganised by Lawyers' Music, to be held at St Paul's church, Knightsbridge, London SW1, at 7.30pm.
Contact Brenda Blankfield, tel: 020 8449 6162.
Bridge club10 December, 14 January, 11 February, 11 March: 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 Jane Giret, tel: 020 7831 6381.
Housing law11 December: AGMorganised by North West Housing Law Practitioners, to be held at Pizza Express, Old Colony House, South King Street, Manchester, at 6pm.
Cost: 10, including meal.
Contact John Kershaw, tel: 0161 445 2287.
Poetry reading11 December: Eventorganised by Poet in the City, to be held at Dechert, 2 Serjeant's Inn, London EC4, from 7pm to 8.30pm.
Reading by Wendy Cope.
Tickets: 10.
Send cheque made payable to the Poetry Society to Rosamund Smith, Bates Wells & Braithwaite, Cheapside House, 138 Cheapside, London EC2V 6BB.
Tel: 020 7551 7777.
Carol service11 December: Eventorganised by the Lawyers' Christian Fellowship, to be held at Temple Church, Temple, London EC4, at 6.30pm.
Contact John Lloyd, tel: 07947 069980.
Christmas party13 December: Eventorganised by Sheffield Trainee Solicitors Group, to be held at RSVP, Cambridge Street, Sheffield, from 6pm.
Contact Claire Archibald, tel: 0114 2794040.
Prayer breakfast14 December: Eventorganised by the Lawyers' Christian Fellowship, to be held at Brief's Cafe, 7 Stone Buildings, Lincolns Inn, London WC2, at 8am.
Contact John Lloyd, tel: 07947 069980.
Christmas social18 December: Eventorganised by the Freelance Solicitors Group, to be held at the Oxo Tower, Bargehouse Street, London SE1.
Meet in the bar from 6.45pm.
Contact Janice Purssey, tel: 01322 435371.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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