CONFERENCES AND COURSES

Disability living allowances appeals: representing people with HIV; HIV, homelessness and allocations; HIV and article 3 appeals - part II; Community care, asylum support and HIV; HIV and human rights - Immigration article 3 applications - part I30 January, 5, 26 February, 4, 25 March: Coursesorganised by Terrence Higgins Trust.

Disability will be held on 30 January at 52-54 Grays Inn Road, London WC1.

Homelessness will be on 5 February, Article 3 on 26 February, Community care on 4 March, and Human rights on 25 March, at Lighthouse West, 111-117 Lancaster Road, London W11.

Each costs 100 plus VAT and carries 6 CPD hours.

Contact Jean Foreman, tel: 020 7831 0330.

Marketing and client loyalty; Client acquisition9, 23 February: Coursesorganised by the Law Society's Greater London office, to be held at the Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London WC2.

Marketing will be held on 9 February from 4pm to 7pm; Client acquisition will be held on 23 February, from 10am to 4.30pm.

Each costs 100 plus VAT and carries 3 CPD hours.

Contact Mercy Cefaz, tel: 020 7316 5554.

Young people, housing and homelessness; Developing your negotiation and influencing skills; Welfare benefits refresher10-11, 10-11, 12 February: Coursesorganised by Shelter.

Young people will be held on 10-11 February at Cross Street Chapel, Manchester.

Negotiation skills will be held on 10-11 February, and Welfare Benefits on 12 February, both at 168-172 Old Street, London EC1.

All courses run from 10am to 4.30pm.

Cost: 119-279.

5 CPD hours per day.

Contact Katy Ellis, tel 020 7490 6720.

Cost-effective marketing to achieve strategic objectives; Domestic violence11 February, 2 March: Coursesorganised by Nottinghamshire Law Society, to be held at 50 Carrington Street, Nottingham.

Marketing will be held on 11 February from 1.45pm to 5pm.

Cost: 75.

Domestic violence will be held on 2 March from 10am to 1pm.

Each course costs 60 to 75 and carries 3 CPD hours.

Contact Mike Lewis, tel: 0115 9505324.

Restorative justice in principle and practice11 March: Conferenceorganised by Justice in association with the Law Society, CBA, LCCSA and CLSA, to be held at the Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London WC2, from 6.30pm to 8.30pm.

Cost: 15 to 25.

2 CPD hours.

Contact Beverley Slaney, tel: 020 7762 6437.

Legal Services Commission contracts: compliance for not-for-profit agencies; Recent developments in housing law18, 24 March: Coursesorganised by the Legal Action Group.

Contracts will be held on 18 March at 6 Avonmouth Street, London SE1, from 10am to 4pm.

Cost: 160 plus VAT.

4 CPD hours.

Housing law will be held on 24 March at the Thistle Ryan Hotel, 10-42 Kings Cross Road, London WC1, from 9.30am to 5.15pm.

Cost: 265 plus VAT.

6 CPD hours.

Contact: Kate Silverman, tel: 020 7833 7434.

Annual legal update27 April: Conferenceorganised by the Local Government Group, to be held at Royal College of Surgeons, 35-43 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2, from 10am to 4.30pm.

Cost: 179 plus VAT.

5 CPD hours.

Contact Lucy Fox, tel 01483 275577.

LECTURES AND SEMINARS

Mediation and/or litigation5 February: Seminarorganised by the Law Society South West, to be held at Newminster House, 27-29 Baldwin Street, Bristol, from 5.30pm to 7.30pm.

Cost: 50 plus VAT.

2 CPD hours.

Contact Elizabeth Dyer, tel: 0117 929 5171.

Who's afraid of losing charitable status?19 February: Charity Workshoporganised by Stone King, to be held at Stone King, 39 Cloth Fair, London EC1, from 4pm to 5pm.

Admission free.

Contact Maureen Chamberlain, tel: 020 7796 1007.

Spanish company/commercial law 10 February: Lectureorganised by the British Spanish Law Society, to be held at Edwin Coe, 2 Stone Buildings, Lincoln's Inn, London WC2, from 6pm to 7pm.

Cost: 5 to 10.

1 CPD hour.

Contact Katherine Macleod, tel: 020 7691 4000.

Interim measure in the case of AKZO v Commission10 February: Seminarorganised by the Law Society's European Group, to be held at the Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London WC2, from 6.15pm to 7.30pm.

Cost: up to 25.

1 CPD hour.

Contact Jo Rae, tel: 01905 724734.

Housing disrepair and the pre-action protocol11 February: Seminarorganised by 2 Gray's Inn Square Chambers, to be held at Transport House, 128 Theobalds Road, London WC1, from 6.30pm to 8.30pm.

Cost: 70.50 (discounts available).

2 CPD hours.

Contact Toni McKenna, tel: 020 7440 8450.

Brushes with Bolam - where will it lead?11 March: Lectureorganised by the Medico-Legal Society, to be held at the Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street, London W1 from 8.15pm to 9.30pm.

1.25 CPD hours.

To join the society or to attend as a guest, contact Eloise Aspinall, tel: 020 7484 7538.

MEETINGS AND EVENTS

Evening social23 February: Eventorganised by the Freelance Solicitors Group, to be held at Hodgsons wine bar, 115 Chancery Lane, London WC2, from 6.45pm to 8pm.

Contact Janice Purssey, tel: 07814 133262.

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