9 April to 2 May



CONFERENCES AND COURSES

Foundation course in housing; Drugs, housing and homelessness

9, 16 and 23 April: Courses

organised by Shelter Cymru. Foundation course to be held at Venue Cymru, the Promenade, Llandudno, from 9.45am to 4.30pm on 9, 16 and 23 April (three-day course). Cost: £417. 10 CPD hours. Drugs, housing and homelessness to be held at Unit 5, Sandfields Business Centre, Purcell Avenue, Port Talbot, from 9.45am to 4.30pm on 16 April. Cost: £139.5 CPD hours. Contact Michelle Alexander-Jones, tel: 01792 483020, email: training@sheltercymru.org.uk.





Fatal accidents; Tactics for winning and controlling risk in personal injury claims

15, 16 April: Courses

organised by the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers, both courses to be held at the Hilton Manchester Deansgate, 303 Deansgate, Manchester and run from 9.30am to 5pm. Each course costs £264.38 to £387.75. 6 CPD hours each. Contact Claire Lowther, tel: 0115 938 8700, email: claire.lowther@apil.org.uk.





Good practice in supporting birth parents in adoption

24 April: Conference

organised by the British Association for Adoption and Fostering, to be held at LVSRC, 356 Holloway Road, London N7, from 10.45am to 4pm. Cost: £139 to £199 plus VAT. 4.25 CPD hours. Contact: Kay Mirza, tel: 020 7421 2637, email: conferences@baaf.org.uk.





After Lisbon: protecting fundamental rights in the EU

30 April: Conference

organised by Justice and Sweet & Maxwell, to be held at Jury's Great Russell Street, 16-22 Great Russell Street, London WC1, from 9.30am to 5.15pm. Cost £375 plus VAT. 5.5 CPD hours. Contact Aude Bezler, tel: 020 7393 7859, email: conferences@sweetandmaxwell.co.uk.





Using the local government ombudsman

2 May: Course

organised by the the Local Government Ombudsman, to be held at Millbank Tower, Millbank, London SW1, from 9.45am to 1pm. Cost: £95. 3 CPD hours. Contact Peter Whiteley, tel: 020 7217 4626, email: p.whiteley@lgo.org.uk.





SEMINARS AND LECTURES

The pursuit of justice - by any means necessary?

9 April: Seminar

organised by the Association of Muslim Lawyers, to be held at The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, WC2, from 5.30pm to 8.30pm. Cost: £45 to £65. 3 CPD hours. Contact Humaira Bajwa, tel: 07787 136 495, or see www.aml.org.uk.





60th year of the UN declaration of human rights; The UN human rights enforcement machinery

10 and 17 April: Lectures

organised by the Solicitors International Human Rights Group. 60th year to be held at the Events Theatre, The Keyworth Centre, Keyworth Street, Southwark, London SE1, from 6.30pm. Featuring Vanessa Redgrave and Souhayr Belhassen, president of the International Federation for Human Rights. Cost: free. Enforcement machinery to be held at the Geoffrey Manton Building, Manchester Metropolitan University, Rosamund Street West, Manchester, from 2pm to 6pm. Lecture by Dr Nazila Ghanea. Cost: £50 (SIHRG members) to £75 for lawyers, or £20 (SIHRG members) to £40 for trainees and students. 4 CPD hours. Email admin@sihrg.org.





Recent trends in criminal practice including special measures, anonymity and proceeding in absence

17 April: Seminar

organised by Garden Court North Chambers, to be held at Peter House, Oxford Street, Manchester, from 5.30pm to 7pm. Cost £30 plus VAT, with discount for voluntary organisations. 1 CPD hour. Contact Helen Ray, tel: 0161 236 1840, email: hray@gcnchambers.co.uk.





Leadership in the law: what is a supreme court for?

30 April: Lecture

organised by the the City University, to be held at the City Law School, Atkin Building, Inns of Court, School of Law, 4 Gray's Inn Place, London WC1, from 6.30pm. Lecture given by Rt Hon Baroness Hale of Richmond. Cost: free. Email: eventsrsvp@city.ac.uk.





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Law Society publications

Conditional Fees (3rd Ed) (£39.95)



Fixed Fees in the Criminal Courts

Author: Anthony Edwards

Price: £39.95

Publication date: 26 April



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