Date 2 July to 16 July


Conferences and Courses



Parole and oral hearings; Recent developments in housing law

2, 11 July: Courses
organised by Legal Action Group, to be held at the National Council for Voluntary Organisations, 8 All Saints Street, Regents Wharf, London N1, from 9.15am to 5.15pm. Cost: £185 plus vat. 6 CPD hours each. Tel: 020 7833 2931, email: lag@lag.org.uk.



The Companies Act 2006; Commercial contract drafting - recent issues
3, 11 July: Courses
organised by Manchester Law Society, to be held at Friends' Meeting House, 6 Mount Street, Manchester. Both seminars run from 5pm to 7pm. Cost £65 to £94. 1.5 CPD hour each. Contact Donna Brown, tel: 0161 819 1927, email: donnabrown@manchesterlawsociety.org.uk.



Probate section tenth anniversary annual conference
5-6 July: Conference
organised by the probate section of the Law Society, sponsored by Bank of Ireland, to be held at the InterContinental London Park Lane Hotel, London W1. The conference will run from 1pm to 5pm on 5 July; and from 8.15am to 5pm on 6 July. 8 CPD hours in total. Cost: £395 plus VAT for probate section members (including gala dinner and accommodation), and £495 plus VAT for non-members (including free membership until January, gala dinner and accommodation). Email: probatesection@lawsociety.org.uk, tel: 020 7316 5678, or book online: www.probatesection.org.uk.



Assessing adult attachment for family courts; Domestic violence
3, 9 July: Courses
organised by NAGALRO, to be held at the National Council for Voluntary Organisations, 8 All Saints Street, Regents Wharf, London N1, from 9.30am to 4pm. Cost: £95 to £145. 6 CPD hours each. Contact Karen Harris, tel: 01372 818 504, email: nagalro@globalnet.co.uk.





Lectures and Seminars



Replacing the incapacitated trustee
3 July: Seminar
organised by the London regional group of Solicitors for the Elderly, to be held at the offices of Farrer & Co, 66 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2, from 5pm to 6pm. Cost: £40 (members) or £65 (non-members). 1 CPD hour. Contact Liz Cleary-Rodriguez, tel: 0870 763 1206, email: liz.cleary-rodriguez@martjohn.com.



Rights are not a pair of tights to wear
3 July: Lecture
organised by the British Institute of Human Rights, to be held at Ondaatje Wing Theatre, National Portrait Gallery, St Martin's Place, London WC2, from 1pm to 2pm. Cost: free. Tel: 020 7848 1818, or visit www.bihr.org.uk.



Judicial activism and 'over-reach' in India
4 July: Seminar
organised by the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies and the Society for Advanced Legal Studies, to be held at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, 17 Russell Square, London WC1, from 6pm to 7pm. Speaker: Shri R Shunmugasundaram MP, senior advocate, India. Cost: free. Contact Belinda Crothers, fax: 020 7862 5850, email: IALS.Events@sas.ac.uk.



Sir Maurice Bathurst QC memorial lecture
5 July: Lecture
organised by the British Insurance Law Association, to be held in the Old Library, Lloyd's, One Lime Street, London EC3, from 5pm to 7pm. Lord Justice Rix to speak on the current state of insurance litigation. Cost: £35. Email: bila@insuranceevents.com or secretariat@bila.org.uk.



Upholding the chosen dispute resolution procedure in the light of a challenge; The Americanisation of international arbitration
4, 12 July: Seminars
organised by the London branch of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. Upholding the chosen dispute to be held at Reed Smith Richards Butler, Beaufort House, 15 St Botolph Street, London EC3, from 6.30pm to 8.30pm. Americanisation to be held at Sullivan & Cromwell, 1 New Fetter Lane, London EC4, from 6pm to 8pm. Cost: free.1.5 CPD hours each. Contact Matt Molloy, email: LondonCIArb@mcms.co.uk.



Mental health and the criminal justice system
16 July: Seminar
organised by Garden Court North Chambers, to be held at the Lancashire & Cumberland Suite, IoD Hub, Peter House, Manchester, from 5.30pm to 7.30pm. Cost: £30 plus VAT (with discount for voluntary organisations). 2 CPD hours. Contact Helen Ray, tel: 0161 236 1840, email: hray@gcnchambers.co.uk.





Meetings and Events



BYSG annual ball
6 July: Event
organised by the Birmingham Young Solicitors Guild, to be held at the Orange Studio, Cannon Street, Birmingham, from 7pm (champagne reception) to 1am (carriages). James Bond charity raffle - fancy dress optional. Cost: £40. Contact: Amy Koller, tel: 0121 262 5879, email: amy.koller@dlapiper.com.



Society of Asian Lawyers AGM: executive committee elections
16 July: Event
Members are reminded to submit nominations for the following positions within the Society of Asian Lawyers (SAL) by 9 July 2007: chair, vice-chair, treasurer social secretary, secretary; plus ten committee members dealing with representation on Law Society and bar committees, membership, SAL website, student relations, CPD seminars, political campaigns, community projects and fundraising. Email nominations to: nominations@societyofasianlawyers.com. The AGM will be held at 2 Hare Court, Temple, London EC4 at 6pm. For more information, email SAL via info@societyofasianlawyers.com.