7 NOVEMBER TO 8 DECEMBER
CONFERENCES AND COURSES
Child care advocacy; Planning gain; Planning probity7, 10 November: Coursesorganised by the Local Government Group, to be held at ETC Venues, Avonmouth House, 6 Avonmouth Street, London SE1.
Child care advocacy will be held on 7 November from 10am to 4pm.
Cost: 169 plus VAT.
4.5 CPD hours.
Planning gain will be on 10 November, from 10am to 5pm, and Planning probity the same day from 2pm to 5pm.
Cost: 149 for both, or 89 each, plus VAT.
2.75 CPD hours each.
Contact Lucy Fox, tel: 01483 275577.
Criminal costs forum; Completing your LSC competitive bid12, 14 November: Coursesorganised by the Legal Aid Practitioners Group.
Criminal costs will be held on 12 November at Global Workplaces, 10 Fenchurch Avenue, London EC3, from 9.30am to 5pm.
Cost: 175 plus VAT (non-members 300 plus VAT).
6 CPD hours.
LSC bid will be held on 14 November in London (venue to be confirmed).
Cost: members 80, non-members 160, plus VAT.
2 CPD hours.
Contact Kate Comyn, tel: 020 7336 8565.
Risk management - managing the life cycle of a file; Modernising stamp duty - are you prepared for the changes?12, 27 November: Coursesorganised by the Law Society.
Risk management will be held on 12 November at Fairfield Halls, Croydon, from 2pm to 5pm.
3 CPD hours.
Cost: 50 plus VAT (free to St Paul customers).
Stamp duty will be held on 27 November at the Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London WC2, from 4.30pm to 7pm.
Cost: 50 plus VAT.
2.5 CPD hours.
Contact Mercy Cefaz, tel: 020 7316 5554.
Effective use of technology in civil litigation matters13 November: Courseorganised by the Society for Computers and Law, to be held at Berwin Leighton Paisner, Adelaide House, London Bridge, London EC4, from 6.30pm.
Cost: 35 plus VAT (20 plus VAT for members).
1 CPD hour.
Contact Caroline Gould, tel: 0117 923 7393.
The youth justice system - good defence practice21 November; 5 December: Courseorganised by the Law Society and the Youth Justice Board, to be held on 21 November at the Ocean Suite, Cedar Court Hotel, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, and on 5 December at the Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane WC2.
Cost: 112.
5 CPD hours.
Contact Sarah Stone (Wakefield course), tel: 01924 299096, or Mercy Cefaz (London course), tel: 020 7316 5554.
LECTURES AND SEMINARS
Policing the police: a new agenda12 November: Lectureorganised by the British Institute of Human Rights, to be held at the Great Hall, King's College, Strand, London WC2, from 1pm to 2pm.
Free admission.
Contact Bonnie Mahboubian, tel: 020 7401 2712.
Contact and domestic violence; Proceeds of Crime Act; Adoption: the new law; The Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 (special measures)13, 20, 27 November; 4 December: Seminarsorganised by Trinity Chambers, to be held at Highfield House, Moulsham Street, Chelmsford, Essex.
Domestic violence will be held on 13 November; Proceeds of Crime Act on 20 November; Adoption on 27 November and the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act on 4 December.
Each seminar will run from 5pm to 7pm, costs 55 plus VAT and carries 2 CPD hours.
Contact Angela Hiskey, tel: 01245 605040.
Youth courts19 November: Seminarorganised by the International Federation of Women in Legal Careers, to be held at the Arts Club, 40 Dover Street, London W1, from 6.30pm.
Cost: 20 (to include drinks and snacks) or 16 for students.
1 CPD hour.
Contact Susan Fogarty, tel: 01473 32865O.
MEETINGS AND EVENTS
Bridge club 10 November; 8 December: Meetings organised by the Law Society Duplicate Bridge Club, to be held at the East India Club, 16 St James's Square, London SW1, from 7.30pm.
Cost: 10.
Contact Nicholas Lakeland, tel: 020 7749 2700.
Trainee and young solicitors drinks evening12 November: Social eventorganised by the Trainee and Young Solicitors Group of Westminster and Holborn Law Society, to be held at Pitcher & Piano, 40-42 William IV Street, London WC2, from 6.15pm.
Free admission.
Contact Lucy Strahan, tel: 020 7821 8211.
Trainee solicitors drinks evening13 November: Social eventorganised by the London Trainee Solicitors Group, to be held at Corts Wine Bar, 84-86 Chancery Lane, London WC2, from 7pm.
Contact Annalisa Checchi, tel: 07919 316385.
Legal Services Commission open meeting25 November: Meetingorganised by the Legal Services Commission, to be held at 85 Gray's Inn Road, London WC1, from 9.30am.
Free admission.
Contact Barbara Holburn, tel: 020 7759 1135.
Charity Christmas reception27 November: Eventorganised by the Solicitors Family Law Association in conjunction with the Family Law Bar Association, to be held at Birmingham County Court, The Priory Court, 33 Bull Street, Birmingham, from 6.30pm.
Cost: 12 (includes champagne and canaps).
Contact Lisa Daymond-King, tel: 0121 212 9393.
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.ukInclude telephone number, venue, cost and any CPD accreditation
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