2 April to 21 May
CONFERENCES AND COURSES
Ninth annual SPG conference16-18 April: Conferenceorganised by the Sole Practitioners Group, to be held at the Oxford Belfry Hotel, Milton Common, Oxford.
Registration and welcome buffet on 16 April; business programme on 17 April from 9.30am to 5.15pm (dinner and dance from 7.30pm); business programme on 18 April from 9.15am to 12.15pm.
Cost: 70.
7.5 CPD hours.
Contact Stephanie Nunn, tel: 020 7320 5801.
Housing disrepair; Animal byproducts and on-farm welfare; Local authority charging and trading19, 20, 21 April: Coursesorganised by the Local Government Group, to be held at ETC Venues, Avonmouth House, 6 Avonmouth Street, London SE1.
Housing Disrepair will be held on 19 April, Animal byproducts will be held on 20 April, and Local authority charging will be held on 21 April.
Each course runs from 10am to 4pm, costs 169 plus VAT and carries 4.5 CPD hours.
Contact Lucy Fox, tel: 01483 275577.
The youth court: a refresher on practice and procedure; Defending possession proceedings20, 21 April: Coursesorganised by the Legal Action Group.
Youth court will be held on 20 April at ETC, 6 Avonmouth Street, London SE1; Defending possession will be held on 21 April at Regus, Citypoint, 1 Ropemaker Street, London EC2.
Each course runs from 9.30am to 5.15pm, carries 6 CPD hours, and costs 265 plus VAT.
Contact Kate Silverman, tel: 020 7833 7434.
Management and supervision28 April; 12 May: Courseorganised by the Legal Aid Practitioners Group, to be held at Bonhill House, 1-3 Bonhill Street, London EC2.
The course will be held on 28 April and repeated on 12 May, from 2pm to 5pm.
Cost: 110 to 195, plus VAT.
Price includes lunch.
Contact Kate Comyn, tel: 020 7336 8565.
Community care law - introduction; Benefits for carers - introduction29, 30 April: Coursesorganised by Carers Training Unit, to be held at 20-25 Glasshouse Yard, London EC1.
Community care law will be held on 29 April; Benefits for carers will be held on 30 April.
Each course runs from 10am to 4.30pm, costs 110 to 180, and carries 4.5 CPD hours.
Contact Chris Hockley, training unit administrator, tel: 020 7566 7632.
Adoption and Children Act: principles and practice; Contact: face-to-face contact and children in permanent placement30 April, 21 May: Coursesorganised by NAGALRO.
Adoption will be held on 30 April, at Augustana Centre, Thanet Street, London WC1; Contact will be held on 21 May, at MIC Centre, Euston Street, London N1.
Each course runs from 9.30am to 4.30pm, costs 85 to 145, and carries 6 CPD hours.
Contact Karen Harris, tel: 01372 818504.
Sexual Offences Act 20035, 6, 7 May: Coursesorganised by CrimeLine, to be held on 5 May at the Nottingham Law School building, Clarendon Suite, 7 Jockey's Fields, London WC1; on 6 May at the Copthorne Hotel, Paradise Circus, Birmingham; on 7 May at the Barnes Wallis Building, Manchester University Conference Centre.
Each course runs from 2pm to 5.15pm, costs 99 plus VAT, and carries 3 CPD hours.
Contact Tracy White, tel: 0845 644 9372.
LECTURES AND SEMINARS
Budget 2004 seminar: where financial services and the professionals meet2 April: Seminarorganised by The Jelf Group, to be held at the Limpley Stoke Hotel, Bath, from 8am to 10am, and at the Bristol Glass Boat Restaurant, Welsh Back, Bristol, from 11.30am to 1.30pm.
Free admission for legal professionals.
Contact Tracey Wiltshire, tel: 01454 272717, e-mail:tracey.wiltshire@jelfgroup.com.
The globalisation of judges5 April: Lectureorganised by the Anglo-Australasian Lawyers Society, to be held at Richards Butler, Beaufort House, 15 St Botolph Street, London EC3, from 6.15pm to 8pm.
Speaker: Mr Justice David Baragwanath, of the New Zealand High Court.
Free admission, but please RSVP to Christopher Jackson, tel: 020 7816 3827, e-mail: CJBJ@richardsbutler.com.
Business and economic crime5 April: Seminarorganised by the British Japanese Law Association, to be held at Kingsley Napley, Knights Quarter, 14 St John's Lane, London EC1, from 6.30pm to 8pm.
Free admission.
Contact Kirsty Ford, tel: 020 7814 1200.
Money laundering22 April: Lectureorganised by the City of Westminster and Holborn Law Society, to be held at Lawrence Graham, 190 Strand, London WC2, from 6pm to 7.30pm.
Speaker: Louise Delahunty of Peters & Peters.
Cost: 25.
1 CPD hour.
For tickets, send SAE and cheque made out to City of Westminster and Holborn Law Society to EJ Beesley, 25 Rotherwick Road, London NW11 7DG.
Tel: 020 8209 1039.
Charity Commission review visits6 May: Seminarorganised by Stone King, to be held at 39 Cloth Fair, London EC1, from 4pm to 5pm.
Free.
Contact Maureen Chamberlain, tel: 020 7796 1007.
MEETINGS AND EVENTS
Open meeting on Sir David Clementi's review26 April: Meetingorganised by Middlesex Law Society, to be held at Ealing Town Hall, Uxbridge Road, London W5, from 6.30pm to 8.30pm.
Free admission.
1 CPD hour.
Contact Peter Hesom, tel: 07930 386798.
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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