Diary
9 January to 13 March
CONFERENCES AND COURSESThe Human Rights Act 199815 January: Courseorganised by Carers UK, to be held at Ruth Pitter House, 20-25 Glasshouse Yard, London EC1, from 10am to 4.30pm.
Contact Chris Hockley, tel: 020 7490 8818.
Human rights in practice:one year on18 January 2002: Courseorganised by Liberty, to be held at ETC Venues, Avonmouth House, 6 Avonmouth Street, London SE1, from 10am to 5pm.
Cost: 60 to 120.6 CPD hours.
Contact Zoe Gillard, tel: 020 7378 3667.
Please note: this course has been extended from a half day to a full day and moved from Matrix Chambers to ETC Venues.
Homelessness28 January: Courseorganised by the Law Society's Local Government Group, to be held at Law Society's Hall, 113 Chancery Lane, London WC2, from 10am to 5pm.
Cost: 125 plus VAT.
5.5 CPD hours.
Contact Martina Bobrzyk, tel: 01483 275577.
Recent developments in housing law;Housing and support for asylum-seekers;Introduction to judicial review procedures31 Jannuary; 14 February;21 February: Coursesorganised by the Legal Action Group, to be held at ETC Venues, 6 Avonmouth Street, London SE1.
Housing law will be held on 31 January from 9.30am to 5.15pm.
Housing and support will be held on 14 February, and judicial review on 21 February, both from 9.30am to 5.30pm.
Each course costs 239 and carries 6 CPD hours.
Contact: Lisa Butchers, tel: 020 7833 7434.
Asylum case worker training project21-25 January and 8, 11-12 February;14-15, 18-20 February and 11, 12-13 March: Eight-day courseorganised by the Immigration Law Practitioners Association, to be held on the January-February dates at the Royal Liver Building, Pier Head, Liverpool, and on the February-March dates at the Royal Cambridge Hotel, Trumpington Street, Cambridge.
All sessions run from 9.30am to 4.30pm each day.
Each course costs 400 per person.
The Legal Services Commission will reimburse course fees for contracted suppliers.
6 CPD hours per day.
Contact Jane Savory, tel: 020 7250 3757.
Planning prosecution and injunction; Local Government Act workshop - access to information4 February; 6 February: Conferencesorganised by the Law Society's Local Government Group, to be held at Local Government House, Smith Square, London SWI, from 10am to 4pm.
Planning will be held on 4 February.
Cost: 145 plus VAT.
Local Government Act will be held on 6 February.
Cost: 125 plus VAT.
Both courses carry 4.5 CPD hours.
Contact Martina Bobrzyk, tel: 01483 275577.
Introduction to mental health review tribunals6-7 February: Courseorganised by Legal Action Group, to be held at ETC Venues, 6 Avonmouth Street, London SE1, from 9.30am to 5.15pm.
Cost: 395.
12 CPD hours.
Contact Lisa Butchers, tel: 020 7833 7434.
Lectures and SeminarsHow to comply with the new specialist quality mark10, 29 January 2002: Lectureorganised by the Legal Aid Practitioners Group, to be held on 10 January at the Holiday Inn, Great North Road, Seaton Burn, Newcastle Upon Tyne and on 29 January at, Armada House Conference Centre, Telephone Avenue, Bristol, from 1.30pm to 5pm.
Cost: 80 to 150.3 CPD hours.
Contact Kate Comyn, tel: 020 7336 8565.
Maximising criminal costs 115 January 2002: Lectureorganised by the Legal Aid Practitioners Group, to be held at 150 Minories, London EC3, from 9.30am to 5pm.
Cost: 120 to 200.
6 CPD hours.
Contact Kate Comyn, tel: 020 7336 8565.
Terrorism and the Law23 January 2002: Seminarorganised by the United Kingdom Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists, to be held in London from 5.30pm to 8pm.
Cost: 35.
2 CPD hours.
Contact Shirley March, tel: 020 8958 6110.
The Land Registration Bill -a revolution in conveyancing7 February 2002: Half-day seminarorganised by Falcon Chambers, to be held at the Royal College of Surgeons, 35-43 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2, from 2pm to 5.40pm.
3 CPD hours.
Cost: 125 plus VAT.
Contact Rachel Hiscox, tel: 020 7242 4141.
Same-sex relationships: a comparative assessment of legal developments across Europe13 February: Lectureorganised by University College London, to be held at Clifford Chance, 200 Aldersgate Street, London EC1, from 5.30pm to 7pm.
Speaker: Professor Michael Coester (University of Munich and UCL) Cost: up to 10.
CPD: 1.5 CPD hours.
Contact: Lisa Penfold, tel: 020 7679 1514.
MEETINGS AND EVENTSNew Year social9 January: Eventorganised by the Freelance Solicitors Group, to be held in Trader Vic's bar at the London Hilton hotel, Park Lane, London WI, from 7pm to 9pm.
Contact Janice Purssey, tel: 01322 435371.
Bridge club14 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.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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