12 March To 30 March




Meetings and Events



Beginners day

24 March: Event
organised by the Lawyers Fishing Club, to be held at Rib Valley Lakes, Near Ware, Hertfordshire from 8.30am to 6pm. Cost: fishing (fish/tackle/tuition) £35, lunch £10, EA licence £4. Contact Nick Marshall tel: 020 7782 8924, email: nmarshall@mayerbrownrowe.com.





Conferences and Courses



Personal injury update conference: Spring 2007
13, 15, 19,20 & 22 March: Courses
organised by the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers, to be held on 13 March at The Lowry Hotel, 50 Dearmans Place, Chapel Wharf, Manchester M3; on 15 March at Hilton, Bottle Bank, Newcastle NE8, on 19 March at Marriott Hotel, Hagley Road, Birmingham; on 20 March at Bristol Marriott Royal, College Green, Bristol BS1; on 22 March (in conjunction with Blackpool Law Society) at Ribby Hall Conference Centre, Ribby Road, Wrea Green, Nr Blackpool, Lancashire PR4. All courses run from 9.30am to 5pm and carry 6 CPD hours. Cost: members £264.38, non-members £387.75. Contact Kathryn Waplington,

tel: 0115 938 8700, email: kathryn.waplington@apil.com.



Immigration, asylum and housing rights update; Housing possession hearings - practice and procedure; Disrepair and conditions - the legal framework
13, 14-15 & 15-16 March: Courses
organised by Shelter Training, all courses to be held at Shelter Training, London City Forum, 250 City Road, London EC1V from 10am to 4.30pm. Immigration, asylum and housing rights update will be held on 13 March and carries 5 CPD hours, Housing possession on 14-15 March and Disrepair and conditions on 15-16 March, both carry 10 CPD hours. Cost: £140-310 + VAT (each). Contact Tara Doyle, tel: 0844 515 1155 or email training@shelter.org.uk.



Psychiatric and psychological injury; PI trusts: the basics
14, 28, 29 & 30 March: Courses
organised by the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers, Psychiatric and psychological injury to be held on 14 March at The Chesterfield Mayfair, 35 Charles Street, London W1, and on 29 March at The Victoria and Albert Marriott Hotel, Water Street, Manchester, M3; PI trusts to be held at Marriott London Maida Vale, Plaza Parade, Maida Vale, London, NW6. All courses run from 9.30am to 5pm and carry 6 CPD hours. Contact Kathryn Waplington, tel: 0115 938 8700, email: kathryn.waplington@apil.com.



Charity law workshop: Charities Act 2006
29 March: Workshop
organised by Stone King solicitors, to be held at Wellington House, East Road, Cambridge CB1 from 2pm to 3.15pm. 1.25 CPD hours. Free entry; places limited. Contact Paula Urban, tel: 020 7796 1007, email: pu@stoneking.co.uk.



Procedure for PI lawyers
30 March: Course

organised by the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers and the Liverpool Law Society, to be held at Liverpool Law Society, The Cotton Exchange Building, Second Floor, Edmund Street, Liverpool, L3 from 9.30am to 4.30pm. 5.5 CPD hours. Contact Kathryn Waplington,tel: 0115 938 8700, email: kathryn.waplington@apil.com.




Lectures and Seminars



Future priorities in EU competition policy
12 March: Seminar
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, followed by drinks. 1 CPD hour. Cost: LSEG members £25, non-members £35, trainees and pupils £10, unemployed solicitors/barristers free entry. Contact Hannah Walker, tel: 01905 724734, email: hannah@everyevent.co.uk.


Digitisation, territories and privacy - publishing in the new frontiers
20 March: Seminar
organised by the media and intellectual property group at Reynolds Porter Chamberlain, to be held at Tower Bridge House, St Katharine's Way, London E1W from 4.30pm to 6.30pm (followed by drinks). 1.5 CPD hours. Free entry. Contact Caroline Barry, tel: 020 3060 6388, email: seminars@rpc.co.uk.


Welfare benefits and the Court of Protection practitioner; Paying for care in residential care and nursing homes
20 March: Seminars
organised by Nottinghamshire Law Society, to be held at Nottinghamshire Law Society, 50 Carrington Street, Nottingham. Welfare benefits from 10am to 1pm; Paying for care from 2pm to 5pm. 3 CPD hours each. Cost for each: £75 members, £90 non-members. Contact Mike Lewis, tel: 0115 950 5324, email: mike.lewis@nottslawsoc.org.


Law Society Home Information Pack seminar
22 March: Seminar
organised by Nottinghamshire Law Society, to be held at Strathdon Hotel, 44 Derby Road, Nottingham from 4pm to 6.30pm. 2 CPD hours. Cost: £20. Contact Mike Lewis, tel: 0115 950 5324, email: mike.lewis@nottslawsoc.org.


Marketing professional services internationally
27 March: Workshop
organised by United Kingdom Trade and Investment as part of International Month, to be held at Ironmongers' Hall, Shaftesbury Place, London EC2Y, from 4pm to 8pm. 2 CPD hours. Cost: £58.75. Contact Elizabeth Fehnrich, tel: 020 7234 3015.


Community care
28 March: Lecture
organised by North West Housing Law Practitioners, to be held at Mechanics Centre, 103 Princess Street, Major Street entrance, Manchester, M1 from 5pm to 7pm. Cost: solicitors £20, non-profit making organisations £15. Contact John Kershaw, tel: 0161 273 2474.