Diary

Diary

8 July to 15 October

CONFERENCES AND COURSES

Property law;Commercial leases8 July; 11, 30 September; 15 October: Coursesorganised by the Property Law Web site.

Commercial Leases will be held on 8 July at the Marriott Hotel, Mill Lane, Cardiff, and on 30 September at the Novotel Hotel, 1 West Quay Road, Southampton, in two sessions; Property lawyers' warning from 9.30am to 1pm, and Property litigators' delight from 2pm to 5.30pm.

Property law will be on 11 September at the Marriott Hotel, Mill Lane, Cardiff, and on 15 October at the Sprowston Manor Hotel, Wroxham Road, Norwich, in two sessions; Possession claims from 9.30am to 1pm, and Boundaries, adverse possession and the Land Registration Act from 2pm to 5.20pm.

3 CPD hours per session; cost 115 per session, plus VAT.

Contact Gary Webber, tel: 01225 471595.

New firms; Money laundering - solicitors as gatekeepers11, 15 July: Coursesorganised by the Law Society, to be held at the Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London WC2.

New firms will be held on 11 July from 3.15pm to 6.15pm.

Cost: 105.75.

3 CPD hours.

Money laundering will be held on 15 July, from 4pm to 6pm.

Cost: 29.38.

2 CPD hours.

Contact Mercy Cefaz, tel: 020 7316 5554.

Delivering infrastructure: international best practice12 July: Conferenceorganised by the European Society of Construction Law, to be held at King's College, Strand, London WC2, from 8.15am to 5.30pm.

Cost: up to 275.

6 CPD hours.

Contact Sue Hart, tel: 020 7848 2643.

Debt recovery; Dealing with difficult people; Education school transport issues12, 15, 17 July: Coursesorganised by the Law Society's Local Government Group and the Association of Council Secretaries and Solicitors, to be held at 6 Avonmouth Street, London SE1.

Debt recovery will be on 12 July (cost: 135 plus VAT), and Difficult people on 15 July (cost: 165 plus VAT).

Both run from 10am to 4pm and carry 4.5 CPD hours.

Transport issues will be on 17 July from 1pm to 5pm.

Cost: 79 plus VAT.

3.75 CPD hours.

Contact Lucy Fox, tel: 01483 275577.

Religious Discrimination Act 2003 - a hit or a myth?14 July: Conferenceorganised by the Association of Muslim Lawyers and sponsored by the Law Society and the Bar Council, to be held at the Old Theatre, London School of Economics, Houghton Street, Aldwych, London, from 9.30am to 5pm.

Speakers include Lord Nazir Ahmed and Ajmal Hossain QC.

Cost: 15 to 30.

Contact Farah Khan, tel: 07970 812307 or Ifath Nawaz, tel: 07780 604931.

Networking and marketing; Drafting claims; ADR and mediation; Your advocacy skills judged; negotiation workshop; employment tribunal essentials; Civil litigation update; European competition law update15, 16, 17, 22, 29 July, 14 August, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 12 September: Coursesorganised by the Inns of Court School of Law, to be held at 4 Gray's Inn Place, Gray's Inn, London WC1.

Networking and marketing will be held on 15 July and 4 September; Drafting claims on 16 July and 3 September; ADR and mediation on 22 July and 9 September; Your advocacy skills on 29 July and 6 September; Negotiation on 14 August and 6 September; Employment tribunal on 5 September and 12 September; Civil litigation on 17 July and 2 September; European competition law on 10 September, all from 9.30am to 5.30pm.

Cost: 150 each.

6 CPD hours.

Negotiation and Civil litigation are half-day courses from 9.30am to 12.30pm.

Cost 95 each.

3 CPD hours.

Contact Lois King, tel: 020 7400 3603.

Asylum caseworker training29 July to 2 August and 21-23 August: 12-16 August and 2-4 September: 9-13 September and 30 September to 2 October: 23-27 September and 9-11 October: Eight-day coursesorganised by the Immigration Law Practitioners' Association, to be held at Leeds Metropolitan University, Calverly Street, Leeds, on 29-31 July, 1-2 August and 21-23 August; at 138 Digbeth, Birmingham, on 12-16 August and 2-4 September; at the Comfort Hotel, George Street, Nottingham, on 9-13 September and 30 September and 1-2 October; and at the YMCA, 8 Errol Street, London EC1, on 23-27 September and 9-11 October.

Sessions run from 9.30am to 4.30pm.

Each course costs 400 to 600 (remibursed for LSC contracted suppliers) and carries 42 CPD hours.

Contact Jane Savory, tel: 020 7250 3757, or e-mail: actproject@ilpa.org.uk

Solicitors 2002 - the changing legal landscape27-28 September: Annual conferenceof the Law Society, to be held at the Manchester International Convention Centre, Windmill Street, Manchester.

Cost: 195 to 295, plus VAT.

10 CPD hours.

Contact Danielle Richards, tel: 01625 267880, or e-mail: solicitors2002@rfb.co.uk

LECTURES AND SEMINARS

Human rights - new religion?8 July: Seminarorganised by the Lawyers' Christian Fellowship, to be held at Slaughter & May, 1 Bunhill Row, London EC1, from 6.15pm to 8pm.

Free.

Speaker: Mr Justice Cooke.

Contact John Lloyd, tel: 07947 069980.

MEETINGS AND EVENTS

Law Society Cricket Club16, 23, 28 July: Cricket matcheson 16 July against Richmond at the Old Deer Park, Kew Road, Richmond, at 2pm; on 23 July against the Lords and Commons at 11.30am and on 28 July against the bar at 2pm at the Old Emanuel Club, Blagdon Lane, New Malden.

Free.

Contact Richard O'Hagan, tel: 0118 951 6614.

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