DIARY

14 APRIL TO 25 JUNE

CONFERENCES AND COURSES

Interference with highways

14 April: Course

organised by Specialised Legal Training, to be held at Hitchin Priory, Tilehouse Street, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, from 10am to 4pm.

Cost: 150 plus VAT.

4.5 CPD hours.

Contact Denise Graham, tel: 01707 394138.

Revised PACE codes of practice

28 April: Course

organised by CrimeLine, to be held at the Thistle Hotel, St.

Chads Queensway, Birmingham, from 4pm to 7.15pm.

Cost: 75 plus VAT.

3 CPD hours.

Contact Donna Gutteridge, tel: 0845 125 9010.

Adoption - principles and practice

9 May: Course

organised by NAGALRO, to be held at the Methodist International Centre, 81-103 Euston Street, London NW1, from 9.30am to 4.30pm.

Cost: 75 to 115.

5 CPD hours.

Contact Karen Harris, tel: 01372 818504.

Equal protection

12 May: Conference

organised by Justice, to be held at Congress Centre, 28 Great Russell Street, London WC1.

Cost: 60 to 100.

5 CPD points.

Contact Persephone Deacon, tel: 020 7762 6437.

The Human Rights Act 1998: its impact on social and health care; Young carers: research, good practice and the law

13, 14 May: Courses

organised by Carers UK, to be held at 20-25 Glasshouse Yard, London EC1.

Human Rights Act will be held on 13 May.

5 CDP hours.

Young carers is on 14 May.

Each course runs from 10am to 4.30pm and costs between 110 to 180.

Contact Chris Hockley, tel: 020 7566 7632.

The accounts team and the changing legal environment

16-17 May: Two-day conference

organised by the Institute of Legal Cashiers & Administrators, to be held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, 2 Bridge Street, Birmingham, from 9.30am to 4.30pm on 16 May and 9.30am to 1pm on 17 May.

Cost: 80 to 360 (discounts available).

Optional dinner on Friday: cost 45.

9 CPD hours.

Contact Maria Maloney, tel: 020 8294 2887.

Basic highway law; Development and highways; Highway maintenance; Introduction to public rights of way

19, 27 May; 2, 23 June: Courses

organised by Specialised Legal Training, to be held at Jurys Bristol Hotel, Prince Street, Bristol.

Basic highway law will be held on 19 May; Development and highways will be held on 27 May; Highway maintenance will be held on 2 June; Introduction to public rights of way will be held on 23 June.

Each course runs from 10am to 4pm, costs 150 plus VAT and carries 4.5 CPD hours.

Contact Denise Graham, tel: 01707 394138.

Asbestos-related diseases - medico-legal issues

25 June: Conference

organised by Greater Manchester Asbestos Victims Support Group, to be held at the Radisson SA Hotel, Chicago Ave, Manchester Airport, from 9.15am to 4.30 pm.

Cost: up to 150.

7 CPD hours.

Contact Tony Whitston, tel: 0161 953 4037.

LECTURES AND SEMINARS

Criminal law six-month update

30 April: Lecture

organised by Middlesex Law Society, to be held at Thames Valley University, St.

Mary's Road, Ealing, London W5, from 6pm to 8pm.

Cost: 35 members, 50 non-members.

2 CPD hours.

Contact Peter Hesom, tel: 020 8567 5015.

Young people and community penalties

14 May: Seminar

organised by the Howard League for Penal Reform, to be held at the Howard League Centre for Penal Reform, 1 Ardleigh Road, London N1, from 2pm to 5pm.

Cost: 65.

2.5 CPD hours.

Contact Barbara Norris, tel: 020 7249 7373.

Legal drafting for the employment tribunal

15 May: Seminar

organised by Citizens Advice Specialist Support Unit, to be held at the Civic Centre, Barras Bridge, Newcastle upon Tyne, from 10am to 4.30pm.

5 CPD hours.

Cost: 100.

Contact Jill Garton, tel: 01902 310568.

Sleep and wakefulness: medico-legal aspects

19 May: Seminar

organised by the Royal Society of Medicine, to be held at Barnes Hall, the Royal Society of Medicine,

1 Wimpole Street, London W1, from 9.30am to 3.30pm.

Cost: 20 to 70.

5 CPD hours.

Contact Anke Muller, tel: 020 7290 3941.

Assessment of children and their families - new evidence-based approaches for use in permanency planning and court proceedings

16, 19 May, 9, 16 June: Seminar

organised by the Child and Family Training Service, to be held on 16 May at the Waterside Hotel, Wilmslow Road, West Didsbury, Manchester; on 19 May at the Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London WC2; on 9 June at the Pavilion Hotel, 45 Main Street, Fulford, York; and on 16 June at Armada House Conference Centre, Telephone Avenue, Bristol.

Each seminar runs from 10am to 4pm, carries 4 hours 40 minutes of CPD, and costs 80 to 180.

Contact Anne Guerri, tel: 01904 644990.

MEETINGS AND EVENTS

Plymouth Gin Distillery tour

23 April: Event

organised by the Devon Young Solicitors Group, to be held at Black Friars Distillery, Southside Street, Barbican, Plymouth, from 7pm.

Cost: 10 to 15.

Contact Hannah Lush, tel: 01626 202331.

e-mail: hmlush@wbw.co.uk.

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