19 April to 16 October


Conferences and Courses



Managing for success 2007 - the law management section annual conference and AGM

19 April: Conference and courses
organised by the Law Society's law management section, to be held at the Royal Lancaster Hotel, Lancaster Terrace, London W2, 9.30am to 5pm (registration from 9am). 5.75 CPD hours. Cost: from £150 plus VAT. Contact Elizabeth Trevatt, tel: 020 7316 5572, email: elizabeth.trevatt@lawsociety.org.uk. Book online at www.lms.lawsociety.org.uk.



BAAF legal group conference: Is blood still thicker than water?
1 May: Conference
organised by the British Association for Adoption and Fostering, to be held at St Anne's Cathedral, Cathedral House, Great George Street, Leeds, from 10.30am to 4pm (registration from 10.10am). 4.25 CPD hours. Cost: from £105 plus VAT to £155 plus VAT. Contact Kay Mirza, tel: 020 7421 2637, email: conferenceteam@baaf.org.uk.



Judicial review north: trends and forecasts 2007
25 June: Conference
organised by the Public Law Project, with speakers including Sir Henry Brooke and Lord Justice Maurice Kay, to be held at Cathedral Conference Centre, 10 Cateaton Street, Manchester, from 9.45am for registration to 4.30pm. 6 CPD hours. Cost: £199 plus VAT full price, £150 plus VAT concessions, with group discounts available. For more details, see www.publiclawproject.co.uk. Contact Hannah Jones, tel: 020 7697 2196, email: h.jones@publiclawproject.org.uk.



LSEG annual conference 2007
28 & 29 June: Conference
organised by the Law Society's European Group, to be held at the Hotel Metropole, 31 Place de Brouckère, Brussels, Belgium, from 2pm on the first day to 5pm close on the second day, with dinner on the evening of the 28th. Peter Oliver of the European Commission's legal service will give a keynote address on human rights and community law. 9.5 CPD hours. Cost: from £350 to £780 plus VAT. Contact Hannah Walker, tel: 01905 724 734, email: LSEG@everyevent.co.uk.



Bournemouth and District Law Society annual overseas conference - Kiev
13-16 October: Conference
organised by the Bournemouth and District Law Society, to be held in Kiev, Ukraine, with scheduled flights from Heathrow. Cost: £700 including meals and gala dinner. Contact Bryan Keeping, tel: 01202 709608, email: bryankeeping@aol.com.





Lectures and Seminars



Lasting powers of attorney
24 April: Lecture
organised by the Shropshire group of Solicitors for the Elderly, with speaker Caroline Bielanska, co-chairwoman 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 5pm (registration from 1.45pm). 3 CPD hours. Cost: members £60, non-members £90, with reductions for additional members from the same firm. Contact Liz Holdsworth, tel: 01743 718 495, email: lizaholdsworth@hotmail.com.



The regulation of insider trading in Japan
26 April: Lecture
organised by the British Japanese Law Association, with speaker Shinichi Goto of the Japanese Ministry of Finance, to be held at Kingsley Napley, Knights Quarter, 14 St John's Lane, London EC1, from 6.30pm to 8pm. Cost: no charge but attendance must be confirmed. Contact Dani Harrod, tel: 020 7814 1200, email: dharrod@ kingsleynapley.co.uk.





Meetings and Events



West London Law Society wine and dinner event
24 April: Event
organised by the West London Law Society, to be held at The Royal Air Force Club, 128 Piccadilly, London W1, from 6.30pm. 1.5 CPD hours. Cost: £25 members, £30 non-members. Contact Karina Leapman, tel: 020 7794 7741, email: kl@karina-leapman.co.uk, or visit the website: www.westlondonls.org.uk for an application form.



Chartered Institute of Arbitrators London branch AGM
25 April: Event
organised by the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators London branch, with keynote speaker the Hon Dame Elizabeth Gloster, to be held at The Oxford & Cambridge Club, 71 Pall Mall, London SW1, from 6pm for 6.30. 1.5 CPD hours. Cost: no charge but attendees must register in advance. Contact the branch secretary, email: londonciarb@mcms.co.uk.



Mock trials - who dares wins
26 April: Event
jointly organised by the University of Hertfordshire and its student law society, with speaker Julian Young, president of the West London Law Society and vice-chairman of the Legal Services Commission, to be held at the School of Law, 7 Hatfield Road, St Albans, from 6pm to 7.30pm followed by a buffet/wine reception. 1.5 CPD hours. No cost for admission. Contact: Lorraine de Souza, tel: 01707 286203, email: uhlaw-cpd@herts.ac.uk.



BB&O YSG summer ball
1 June: Event
organised by Berkshire, Buckinghamshire & Oxford Young Solicitors Group, to be held at Crowne Plaza Hotel Reading. Champagne reception from 7.30pm, dinner from 8pm. Bar closes at 12.30am, carriages at 1am. Discount accommodation available at the hotel for guests who wish to stay in Reading for the evening. Cost: £45 per ticket. Contact Catherine Heard, tel: 0118 9516200, email: catherine.heard@fsp-law.com.