2 February to 12 March


Lectures and Seminars



Who cares for the carers? Accessing advice and assistance for your carer clients

7 February: Seminar
organised by the Shropshire group of Solicitors for the Elderly, to be held at the Shropshire Education and Conference Centre, Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, Mytton Oak Road, Shrewsbury, from 2pm to 4.30pm. Cost: £30 to £60. 2 CPD hours. Contact: Liz Holdsworth, tel: 01743 718495, email: lizaholdsworth@hotmail.com.



Inheritance tax and reliefs
15 February: Lecture
organised by the Somerset group of Solicitors for the Elderly, to be held at The Exchange Conference Centre, Bristol Road, Bridgwater, Somerset, from 1pm to 5.15pm. Cost: £90 to £100. 3 CPD hours. Contact Tamara Burnett, tel: 01278 783272, email: t.burnett@gouldandswayne.co.uk.



Planning: law's dominion
21 February: Annual lecture
organised by the Royal Town Planning Institute, to be held at the Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre, Thornhaugh Street, London WC1, from 5pm to 8pm. Cost: £15 to £25. Contact Judy Woollett, tel: 020 7929 9473; email: judy.woollett@rtpi.org.uk.



Legal IT forum: offshore outsourcing and security awareness
22 February: Seminar
organised by the law management section of the Law Society, to be held at 138-142 Holborn, London EC1, from 1pm to 5pm. Cost: £75 plus VAT. 3.25 CPD hours. Contact Kim Fong, tel: 020 7316 5707.



Discrimination - issues for 2007
8 March: Seminar
organised by Tanfield Chambers, to be held at Tanfield Chambers, 2-5 Warwick Court, London, WC1, from 6pm to 7.30pm. Free admission. 1.5 CPD hours. Contact Deborah Haigh, tel: 020 7421 5300, email: haigh@tanfieldchambers.co.uk.





Conferences and courses



Running discrimination cases at the employment tribunal; Tribunal procedure update; Unfair dismissal update; Advocacy before the employment tribunal; Age discrimination
2, 9, 16, 23 February: Courses
organised by the the London Discrimination Unit, to be held at the BPP Law School (Room 6.6), 68-70 Red Lion Street, London WC1. Running discrimination cases will be held on 2 February from 10am to 5pm; Tribunal procedure update on 9 February from 10am to 1pm; Unfair dismissal on 9 February from 2pm to 5pm; Advocacy on 16 February from 10am to 5pm; Age discrimination on 23 February from 10am to 1pm. Cost: £100 to £150 (one day), £50 to £75 (half-day). 6 CPD hours (one day), 3 (half-day). Contact Brenda Jobe, tel: 020 7737 9770, email: bjobe@lambethlawcentre.org.



Welfare and disability benefits; Advanced asbestos litigation conference
13, 14 February: Courses
organised by the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers. Welfare and disability benefits will be held on 13 February at Jolly St Ermins, Caxton Street, London SW1; Advanced asbestos litigation will be held on 14 February at Novotel, 4 Whitehall Quay, Leeds LS1 4HR. Each course runs from 9.30am to 5pm, costs £264 to £387, and carries 6 CPD hours. Contact Kathryn Waplington, tel: 0115 938 8700.



Treating customers fairly
26 February: Course
organised by the Association of Solicitors and Investment Managers, to be held at Irwin Mitchell, 150 Holborn, London EC1, from 10am to 2.30pm. Cost: £50 to £100 plus VAT. 4 CPD hours. Contact Elaine Reilly, tel: 01732 783548, e-mail: elaine.reilly@ asim.org.uk.



Introduction to performance coaching for lawyers
27 February: Course
organised by solicitor Kate Tingey, to be held at The Rufus Centre, Steppingley Road, Flitwick, Bedfordshire, from 9am to 12.30pm. Cost: £175. 3 CPD hours. Contact Kate Tingey, tel: 01767 627471, email: kate.tingey@btopenworld.com.



The future of children's representation: from tandem to unicycle
12 March: Conference
organised by NAGALRO, to be held at St Catherine's College, Manor Road, Oxford, from 10.30am to 4.15pm. Cost: £95 to £145. 6 CPD hours. Contact Karen Harris, tel: 01372 818504, email: nagalro@globalnet.co.uk.





Meetings and Events



Annual dinner
6 February: Event
organised by West London Law Society, to be held at The Royal Air Force Club, 128 Piccadilly, London W1, from 7pm till late. Speaker: Shami Chakrabarti, director of Liberty. Cost: £45 to £50. Contact Michael Nathan, tel: 020 7344 7655, email: mnathan@fsilaw.co.uk.



Alternative business structures discussion forum
12 February: Event
organised by the Law Society, to be held at the Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London WC2, from 4.30pm to 6.30pm. Speakers include Law Society President Fiona Woolf. Free admission. 2 CPD hours. Contact Aisling McDonald,

tel: 020 7320 5833.



The jurisdictional reach of the English courts
12 February: Meeting
organised by the Law Society European Group, to be held at the Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London WC2, from 6.15pm to 7.30pm. Cost: £10 to £35. 1 CPD hour. Contact Hannah Walker, tel: 01905 724734.