DIARY
12 JULY TO 28 SEPTEMBER
CONFERENCES AND COURSES
Debt recovery;
Dealing with difficult people; Housing law basic survival guide;
Housing allocations update
12, 15, 18 July; 9 September: Courses
organised by the Law Society's Local Government Group and the Association of Council Secretaries and Solicitors, to be held at ETC Venues, Avonmouth House, 6 Avonmouth Street, London SE1, from 10am to 4pm.
Debt recovery will be on 12 July; Difficult people on 15 July; Housing law will be on 18 July; Housing allocations will be on 9 September.
Difficult people costs 165, the others cost 135, plus VAT.
4.5 CPD hours each.
Contact Lucy Fox, tel: 01483 275577.
Religious Discrimination Act 2003 - a hit or a myth?
14 July: Conference
organised 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.
Staff records and supervision under the specialist quality mark; Maximising civil costs
16, 23 July: Courses
organised by the Legal Aid Practitioners Group.
Staff records will be held on 16 July at the Adelphi Hotel, Ranelagh Place, Liverpool, and Maximising civil costs will be held on 23 July at 150 Minories, London EC3.
Each course runs from 1.30pm to 5pm, costs 95 to 190 plus VAT and carries 3 CPD hours.
Contact Kate Comyn, tel: 020 7336 8565.
Charging for community care
18 July: Course
organised by Carers UK, to be held at Ruth Pitter House, 20-25 Glasshouse Yard, London EC1, from 10am to 4.30 Cost: 90 to 165.
5 CPD hours.
Contact Chris Hockley, tel: 020 7566 7632.
The Homelessness Act 2002;
Young people, housing and homelessness;
Secure and assured tenancies - problems in practice;
Mental health and housing;
Housing law update;
Anti-social behaviour - law and practice;
The Children Act 1989 - introductory
6, 8, 13, 20, 22, 28, 29 August: Courses
organised by Shelter.
Mental health will be held at Friends Meeting House, Mount Street, Manchester.
The others will be held at at Shelter Training, 168-172 Old Street, London EC1.
The Homelessness Act 2002 will be held on 6 August; Young people will be held on 8 August; Secure and assured tenancies will be held on 13 August; Mental health will be held on 20 August; Housing law update will be held on 22 August; Anti-social behaviour will be held on 28 August; The Children Act 1989 will be held on 29 August.
All courses run from 10am to 4.30pm and carry 5 CPD hours.
Cost: 85 to 170.
Contact Katy Ellis, tel: 020 7490 6720.
Disrepair and conditions - the legal framework;
Homelessness law - introductory;
Community care and housing;
Project management
7-8, 20-21, 21-22, 29-30 August: Two-day courses
organised by Shelter, to be held at Shelter Training, 168-172 Old Street, London EC1, from 10am to 4.30pm.
Disrepair will be held on 7-8 August; Homelessness law will be held on 20-21 August; Community care and housing will be held on 21-22 August; Project management will be held on 29-30 August.
Cost per course: 199 to 310.
10 CPD hours each.
Contact Katy Ellis, tel: 020 7490 6720.
Legal aid the next generation
20 and 21 September: Two-day conference
organised by the Legal Aid Practitioners Group, to be held at the Waltham Abbey Marriott Hotel, Old Shire Lane, Waltham Abbey, Essex, from 10.30am to 5pm.
Cost: up to 275 (members) or 375 (non-members).
9 CPD hours.
Contact Kate Comyn, tel: 020 7336 8565.
Solicitors 2002 - the changing legal landscape
27 and 28 September: Annual conference
of the Law Society, to be held at the Manchester International Convention Centre, Windmill Street, Manchester.
Speakers include the Attorney-General, Lord Goldsmith, QC, (Friday) and the Home Secretary, David Blunkett, (Saturday).
Cost: 195 to 295, plus VAT.
Discounts for multiple bookings, trainees and young solicitors.
10 Hours CPD.
Contact Danielle Richards, tel: 01625 267880, or e-mail: solicitors2002@rfb.co.uk
LECTURES AND SEMINARS
Insight into mediation; Business in the community - an oxymoron?
16, 30 July: Lectures
organised by the London Young Solicitors Group, to be held at the Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London WC2, from 6.30pm.
Mediation will be held on 16 July.
Business in the community will be held on 30 July.
Members free: non-members 7.
Contact Jane Swann, tel: 020 7884 8116.
MEETINGS AND EVENTS
Evening social
17 July: Event
organised by the Freelance Solicitors Group, to be held at the Victoria and Albert Museum, Cromwell Road, South Kensington, London SW7, from 6.30pm.
Meet at the Cromwell Road entrance.
Contact Janice Purssey, tel: 01322 435371.
Summer ball
19 July: Event
organised by South and Mid-Wales Trainee Solicitors Group, to be held at the Angel Hotel, Cardiff, from 7pm.
Tickets 30.
Contact Gary Rocks, tel: 01685 371122.
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: diary@lawsociety.org.uk
Include telephone number, venue, cost and any CPD accreditation
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