22 November to 20 December
CONFERENCES AND COURSES
Step one - elementary legal accounting; Accounting for legal aid; PAYE - an introduction for legal personnel24, 25, 26, 27 November: Coursesorganised by the Institute of Legal Cashiers and Administrators, to be held at the Thistle Hotel Birmingham City, St Chad's Queensway, Birmingham.
Elementary legal accounting is a two-day course, to be held on 26 and 27 November.
Cost: 300 to 460.
12 CPD hours.
Accounting for legal aid and PAYE are one-day courses, to be held on 24 and 25 November respectively.
Each costs from 160 to 250 and carries 6 CPD hours.
Contact Linda Willis, tel: 020 8294 2887.
Mental health law and the Human Rights Act; Benefits for carers - advanced; Community care law - advanced; Carers and their rights under the Carers Act 1995 and the Carers and Disabled Children Act 200026 November; 2, 16, 17 December: Coursesorganised by the Carers Training Unit, to be held at Carers UK, 20-25 Glasshouse Yard, London EC1.
Mental health law will be held on 26 November; Benefits for carers will be held on 2 December; Community care law will be held on 16 December; Carers and their rights will be held on 17 December.
Courses run from 10am to 4.30pm and cost 110 to 180.
Community care law carries 4.5 CPD hours; the others carry 5 CPD hours each.
Contact Chris Hockley, tel: 020 7566 7632.
Modernising stamp duty - are you prepared for the changes?27 November: Courseorganised by the Law Society, to be held at the Holiday Inn Kings Cross/Bloomsbury, 1 Kings Cross Road, London WC1, from 4.30pm to 7pm.
(Please note change of venue from the Law Society).
Cost: 50 plus VAT.
2.5 CPD hours.
Contact Mercy Cefaz, tel: 020 7316 5554.
Completing your LSC competitive bid2 December: Courseorganised by the Legal Aid Practitioners Group, to be held in London (venue to be confirmed), from 2.30pm to 5pm.
Cost: members 80, non-members 160, plus VAT.
2 CPD hours.
Contact Kate Comyn, tel: 020 7336 8565.
On the right track? Debating the future of the Community Legal Service4 December: Conference organised by Legal Action Group and Advice Services Alliance, to be held at the Royal Institute of British Architects, 66 Portland Place, London W1.
Cost: 76.50 to 125, plus VAT.
5 CPD hours.
Contact Kate Silverman, tel: 020 7833 7434.
The current state of environmental impact assessment in law and custom8 December: Conferenceorganised by the Centre for Law and the Environment at University College London, to be held at the Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1, from 10am to 5pm.
Cost: 60 to 150.
5 CPD hours.
Contact Lisa Penfold, tel: 020 7679 1514.
LECTURES AND SEMINARS
Recent developments in military justice - do courts-martial have a future?22 November: Lectureorganised by the International Society for Military Law and the Law of War, UK Group, to be held at the British Institute for International and Comparative Law, Charles Clore House, 17 Russell Square, London WC, from 11am to 1pm.
Speakers: Ann Lyon, University of Wales, and John MacKenzie, solicitor/advocate before the European Court of Human Rights.
Followed by the AGM of the UK Group.
Admission free.
Non-members welcome.
Contact Justin McClelland, tel: 01793 314200.
MEETINGS AND EVENTS
Social evening27 November: Eventorganised by the British-Spanish Law Association, to be held at La Cigala, 54 Lamb's Conduit Street, London WC1, from 6.30pm.
Free admission.
Contact Alberto Cedillo, tel: 020 7404 8400.
Antipodean evening; An evening with Emyr Lewis27 November; 16 December: Poetry eveningsorganised by Poet in the City.
Antipodean evening, featuring Australian poet Katherine Gallagher and Poet in the City John Mole, will be held on 27 November at Penningtons, Bucklersbury House, 83 Cannon Street, London EC4; An evening with Emyr Lewis, the leading Welsh language poet, will be held on 16 December at David Keltie Associates, 2 Fleet Place, London EC4, both from 6.30pm to 8.30pm.
Admission free.
Contact Lucinda Vinnicombe, tel: 020 7939 9139, e-mail: lucinda@loble.co.uk
Christmas cocktail party2 December: Eventorganised by the Yorkshire branch of the Association of Women in Property, to be held at Tiger, Tiger, Albion Street, Leeds, from 6.30pm to 12pm.
Cost: 30 to 35.
Contact Ailsa Embleton, tel: 0113 202 1599.
Professional Muslim singles events6, 13, 20 December: Eventsorganised by Kamran A Beg.
Social events aimed at lawyers and other professionals, to be held on 6 December at Sanam Sweet House and Restaurant, 145-151 Wilmslow Road, Rusholme, Manchester, from 6.30pm to 11.30pm; on 13 December at the Holiday Inn London Kensington Forum, 97 Cromwell Road, London SW7, from 12 noon to 5pm; and on 20 December at Mumtaz Restaurant, 386 Great Horton Road, Bradford, West Yorks, from 1pm to 6pm.
Tickets 40 each.
Contact Kamran Beg, tel: 07980 001426 or 07876 042660, e-mail: kamran@kamranabegevents.com.
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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