Land registration, insolvency and an update on the Mental Capacity Act are just some of the legal matters being covered by the University of Essex’s forthcoming series of talks for the legal profession.

Organised by the University’s School of Law, with the Suffolk and North Essex Law Society, Select 2009 takes place at the University’s Colchester Campus or University Campus Suffolk’s Waterfront Building in Ipswich. The lectures run from March through to July, with more planned for September and October.

The cost of each course is £80 for SNELS members and £120 for non-members. Each carries three CPD points and is accredited by the Law Society, the Solicitor’s Regulation Authority, the Bar Council, the Institute of Legal Executives and the Council of Licensed Conveyancers.

For further information, and to book a place, please contact Gail Chapman in the School of Law on telephone: 01206 873484 or e-mail: gchap@essex.ac.uk. More detail is available at: www.essex.ac.uk/law/news/announcements.shtm

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The Select 2009 programme is:
• 4 March - ‘Maps, plans and boundaries and Land Registration’ with Michael Croker, Land Registrar, Peterborough (Colchester Campus)
• 27 March – ‘Insolvency update’ with Simon Davenport, 3 Hare Court (Colchester Campus)
• 15 April – ‘Mediate before you litigate’ with Tom Thomas OBE, Greater London and East Anglian Mediation Services (University Campus Suffolk)
• 29 April – ‘Update on residential enfranchisement and lease extension’ with Professor James Driscoll, Trowers and Hamlins (Colchester Campus)
• 13 May – ‘Capital tax planning after the 2009 budget’ with Christopher Whitehouse, 5 Stone Buildings (Colchester Campus)
• 3 June – ‘Securing our borders’ with Joanne Rothwell, 6 Kings Bench Walk, and Miranda Leate, Birkett Long (Colchester Campus)
• 24 June – ‘Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996’ with Christopher Wagstaff, 29 Bedford Row (Colchester Campus)
• 8 July – ‘Mental Capacity Act update’ with Denzil Lucy, Master of the Court of Protection (Colchester Campus)

For further information, and to book a place, please contact Gail Chapman in the School of Law on telephone: 01206 873484 or e-mail: gchap@essex.ac.uk. More detail is available at: www.essex.ac.uk/law/news/announcements.shtm