Conferences and courses
Planning and the Human Rights Act; Planning - prosecution and injunction
21, 28 June: Courses
organised by the Local Government Group.
Planning and the Human Rights Act will be held on 21 June at ETC Venues, Avonmouth House, 6 Avonmouth Street, London SE1.
Planning - prosecution and injunction will be held on 28 June at the NUT, Hamilton House, Mabledon Place, London, WC1.
Each course runs from 10am to 4.30pm, costs 169 plus VAT, and carries 5 CPD hours.
Contact Jo Long, tel: 01483 275577.
LSEG annual conference
24-25 June: Conference
organised by the Law Society's European Group, to be held at the Hotel Metropole, Place de Brouckere, 31-B-1000 Brussels, Belgium, from 12pm to 5.30pm on 24 June and 9.30am to 5pm on 25 June.
Includes sessions on regulation, state aid in the enlarged EU, technology, and the European Commission's merger review.
Cost: 350 to 595 plus VAT.
8.5 CPD hours.
Conference dinner on 24 June, cost 69 plus VAT.
Contact Jo Rae, tel: 01905 724734.
Law Society management stage 1; Making the LSC contract compliance and costs assessment audit work for you
30 June; 7, 26 July: Courses
organised by the Legal Aid Practitioners Group, to be held at Bonhill House, 1-3 Bonhill Street, London EC2.
Law Society management will be held on 30 June and 7 July; LSC contract compliance will be held on 26 July.
Each course runs from 1.30pm to 5pm, costs 110 to 195 plus VAT and carries 3.5 CPD hours.
Contact Kate Comyn, tel: 020 7336 8565.
Solicitors 2004: delivering solutions
15-16 October: Annual conference of the Law Society, to be held at the International Convention Centre, Broad Street, Birmingham, from 9am to 5pm each day.
Cost: 250 plus VAT (discounts for trainees and students).
9 CPD hours.
Black-tie gala dinner on 15 October.
Cost: 75 plus VAT.
Download booking forms from the Internet.
Visit: www.
annualconference.lawsociety.org.uk.
Contact: Andrew McAnenny or Antonia Geneli, tel: 0121 202 5197, fax: 0121 202 5123, e-mail: annualconference@lawsociety.org.uk.
Lectures and seminars
Are public sector purchasers immune from the EC/UK competition rules?
14 June: Lecture
organised 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.
Speaker: barrister Jennifer Skilbeck.
Cost: up to 35 plus VAT.
1 CPD hour.
Contact Jo Rae.
tel: 01905 724734.
Constitutional affairs - proposals and predictions for the 21st century; Terrorism and human rights
22 June; 6 July: Workshops
organised by the Society of Labour Lawyers, to be held at Portcullis House, Victoria Embankment, London SW1.
Constitutional affairs will be held on 22 June (contact David Williams, tel: 020 7583 0816, e-mail: dw@4pb.com); Terrorism and human rights will be held on 6 July (contact Joel Bennathan, tel: 020 7611 2414, e-mail: joel@bennathan.fsnet.co.uk).
Each workshop runs from 6.30pm to 8.30pm, and is free of charge and open to all.
Mediation of IT disputes - avoiding pitfalls
29 June: Lecture
organised by the Society for Computers and Law, to be held at Nabarro Nathanson, Lacon House, Theobald's Road, London, WC1, from 6pm to 7pm.
Cost: 23.50 to 41.13.
1 CPD hour.
Contact Caroline Gould, tel: 0117 923 7393, e-mail: caroline.gould@scl.org.
Anti-Semitism and the law: fresh insights
12 July 2004: Seminar
organised by the United Kingdom Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists, to be held at a London venue from 6pm to 8.30pm.
Cost: 5 to 10 Contact tel: 020 8343 9756 or e-mail: tracey@zionist.org.uk.
Meetings and events
Law Society Cricket Club
10 June, 8, 12 July: Cricket matches versus St Johns College, Oxford, to be played on 10 June at St Johns College Ground, Woodstock Road, Oxford; versus Bicester and North Oxford Cricket Club, to be played on 8 July at Akeman Street, Chesterton, Bicester; versus Richmond Cricket Club, to be played on 12 July at the Old Deer Park, Kew Road, Richmond, Surrey.
Games start at 2pm.
Admission free.
Contact Richard O'Hagan, tel: 0118 951 6614.
Lunchtime service for lawyers
14 June: Event
organised by the Lawyers' Christian Fellowship, to be held at the Temple Church, Fleet Street, London EC4, from 1.15 to 1.45pm.
Includes short talk by Mr Justice Hedley.
Contact John Lloyd, tel: 07947 069980.
Mixed netball tournament
21 June: Event
organised by the Cambridge Young Solicitors Group, to be held at Netherhall School, Queen Edith's Way, Cambridge, from 6.30pm to 8.30pm.
Entry fee: 30 per team, plus 5 extra for every non-member.
Teams are seven a-side - four women, three men - with a maximum of eight teams.
Contact Charlotte Eddington, tel: 01223 559578.
Family and friends picnic
27 June: Event
organised by Middlesex Law Society, to be held in the Middlesex Law Society marquee, from 12pm until 8pm in Pitshanger Park, Pitshanger Lane, Ealing, London W5.
Free for individual members; 25 per firm booking a table.
Contact Peter Hesom, tel: 07930 386798; e-mail: peterhesom@aol.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.uk
Include telephone number, venue, cost and any CPD accreditation
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