EC LAW IN PRACTICE

12 October: Seminar

organised by the United Kingdom Association for European Law, to be held at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, 65 Fleet Street, London EC4, from 6pm to 8pm. Cost: £2 or £5.

Contact Eva Evans, Tel/Fax: 020 7722 9746, E-mail: eva.evans@kcl.ac.uk.



Directive 38/2004 and the EEA regulations 2006

19 October: Seminar

organised by Tooks Chambers, to be held at Tooks Chambers, 8 Warner Yard, Warner Street, London EC1, from 5.45pm to 7.30pm. Admission free. 1.5 CPD hours. Contact Carol Thomas, tel: 020 7841 6111, e-mail: carol.thomas@tooks.co.uk.


Defending the right to defend human rights

26 October: Seminar

organised by the City of Westminster and Holborn Law Society and Peace Brigades International, to be held at St Ethelburga's Centre, 78 Bishopsgate, London EC2, from 6pm to 8pm. Speaker: Reinaldo Villalba Vargas, Colombian human rights lawyer. Tickets: £10. 1CPD hour. Contact Susi Bascon, tel: 020 7281 5370, e-mail: coordinator@peacebrigades.org.uk.


MEETINGS AND EVENTS

Anniversary ball and awards dinner 2006

14 October: Event

organised by the Black Solicitors Network, to be held at the Landmark Hotel, 222 Marylebone Road, London NW1, from 7pm to 1am. Cost: £85; concessions £75. Includes rum punch reception, three-course dinner, and wine. Contact Cordella Bart-Stewart or Ranette Doras, tel: 020 8808 4895.


Charity quiz night

18 October: Event

organised by the London Young Professionals Group, Law, to be held at the Knights Templar, Chancery Lane, from 6.30pm until late. Cost: £10 or £20. Proceeds to cancer research. Contact David Bywater, tel: 020 7067 4613, e-mail: david_bywater@btopenworld.com.


2006 Masquerade Ball

27 October: Event

organised by the Norwich and Norfolk Trainee Solicitors Group in aid of Macmillan Nurses for Norfolk, to be held at the De Vere Dunston Hall Hotel, Ipswich Road, Norwich, from 7:30pm to 1am. Cost: £40, including meal. Contact Sophy Amner, tel: 01603 756422; e-mail: sophy-amner@birketts.co.uk.


11th annual dinner

3 November: Event

organised by the Association of Muslim Lawyers, to be held at Salter's Hall, 4 Fore Street, Barbican, London EC2 from 7.30pm to 11.30pm. 2006 Lawyers Achievement Awards will be presented. Speaker: Louise Christian. Cost: £30 to £45. Contact Humaira Bajwa, tel: 07717 518 961 (booking queries) or Sadia Anwar, tel: 07951 695 627 (event queries).


Charity Diwali and Eid dinner and dance

11 November: Event

organised by the Association of Asian Women Lawyers, to be held at Riverbank Park Plaza, 18 Albert Embankment, London SE1, from 6pm to 12am. Cost: £65. Speakers include Lord Justice Hooper and Mrs Justice Cox. Proceeds will go to Cancer Research UK. Contact Suki Johal, tel: 020 7691 0294.

Send entries to: Diary Section, Law Society's Gazette, Fox Court,

14 Gray's Inn Road, London WC1X 8HN. Fax: 020 7841 5513.

E-mail: diary@lawsociety.org.uk.

Include telephone number, venue, cost and any CPD accreditation