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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left style='border-collapse:collapse;margin-left:6.75pt;margin-right:6.75pt'><tr><td width=293 style='width:219.75pt;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-height-rule:exactly'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/" title=""Home" "><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=108 height=73 id="_x0000_i1026" src="cid:image003.png@01CF0D58.41E7B0E0" alt=Home></span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=622 colspan=2 style='width:466.5pt;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-height-rule:exactly'><img border=0 width=499 height=143 id="_x0000_i1027" src="cid:image006.jpg@01CF0D5B.89B1A720" alt="conferences and seminars header photo.png"><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td width=915 colspan=3 style='width:686.25pt;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-height-rule:exactly'><b><span style='font-size:26.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#66667F'>Conference News</span></b><b><span style='font-size:26.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-height-rule:exactly'><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#763B6A'>4 new conferences for you to download and book<o:p></o:p></span></i></p></td></tr><tr style='height:212.35pt'><td width=298 colspan=2 valign=top style='width:223.5pt;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt;height:212.35pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-height-rule:exactly'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/sites/ier.org.uk/files/FLYER%20Pensions%20London%2012-2-14%20FINAL.pdf"><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=224 height=283 id="Picture_x0020_4" src="cid:image008.jpg@01CF0D5B.89B1A720" alt="Pension Rights London 12-2-14.jpg"></span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=617 style='width:462.75pt;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt;height:212.35pt'><h2 style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#773B6A'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/events/employment-law-update-2012-ken-gill-memorial-fund-0"><span style='color:#773B6A;text-decoration:none'>London: </span></a></span><span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#773B6A;text-decoration:none'><o:p></o:p></span></span></h2><h2 style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#773B6A;text-decoration:none'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/events/employment-law-update-2012-ken-gill-memorial-fund-0"><span style='color:#773B6A;text-decoration:none'>Pensions:</span></a> changes and challenges</span></span><o:p></o:p></h2><h2 style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#763B6A'><o:p> </o:p></span></h2><h2 style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#773B6A'>Wednesday 12<sup>th</sup> February 2014<o:p></o:p></span></h2><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#763B6A'>A one-day conference</span></i><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span></i><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#773B6A'>at</span></i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#763B6A'> </span><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#773B6A'>Unite the Union, Theobolds Road, London</span></i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#763B6A'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-height-rule:exactly'><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The world of pensions is changing fast and now, more than ever, it is vital that trade unionists and others who protect workers’ rights understand the implications of these changes – both for people currently receiving a pension and for all of us who will be affected in years to come.<span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p><p style='mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>See <span style='color:#A07997'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/events/pensions-changes-and-challenges"><span style='color:#A07997'>website</span></a></span> for more information<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#A07997'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/events/pensions-changes-and-challenges"><span style='color:#A07997'>Book and pay</span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>at the bottom of the website page or email <a href="mailto:carolyns@ier.org.uk">carolyns@ier.org.uk</a></span><i><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></i></p></td></tr><tr><td width=915 colspan=3 valign=top style='width:686.25pt;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'><h3 align=center style='text-align:center;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span style='color:#1F497D'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></h3></td></tr><tr style='height:177.5pt'><td width=298 colspan=2 valign=top style='width:223.5pt;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt;height:177.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-height-rule:exactly'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/sites/ier.org.uk/files/FLYER%20Pensions%20Lpool%20%2026-2-14%20FINAL.pdf"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=221 height=274 id="Picture_x0020_5" src="cid:image010.jpg@01CF0D5B.89B1A720" alt="Pensions Lpool 26-2-14.jpg"></span></a><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=617 style='width:462.75pt;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt;height:177.5pt'><h3 style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#763B6A'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/events/employment-law-update-2012-ken-gill-memorial-fund"><span style='color:#763B6A;text-decoration:none'>Liverpool:</span></a></span><span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#763B6A;text-decoration:none'><o:p></o:p></span></span></h3><h3 style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#773B6A;text-decoration:none'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/events/employment-law-update-2012-ken-gill-memorial-fund"><span style='color:#773B6A;text-decoration:none'>Pensions:</span></a> changes and challenges</span></span><span style='color:#773B6A'><o:p></o:p></span></h3><h3 style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#773B6A'><o:p> </o:p></span></h3><h3 style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#773B6A'>Wednesday 26<sup>th</sup> February 2014<o:p></o:p></span></h3><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#773B6A'>A one-day conference at The Adelphi Hotel, Liverpool</span></i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#773B6A'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The world of pensions is changing fast and now, more than ever, it is vital that trade unionists and others who protect workers’ rights understand the implications of these changes – both for people currently receiving a pension and for all of us who will be affected in years to come.<span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>See <span style='color:#A07997'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/events/pensions-changes-and-challenges-0"><span style='color:#A07997'>website</span></a></span> for more information<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#A07997'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#A07997'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/events/pensions-changes-and-challenges-0"><span style='color:#A07997'>Book and pay</span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>at the bottom of the website page or email <a href="mailto:carolyns@ier.org.uk">carolyns@ier.org.uk</a><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:2.1pt'><td width=915 colspan=3 valign=top style='width:686.25pt;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt;height:2.1pt'><h3 align=center style='text-align:center;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span style='color:#1F497D'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></h3></td></tr><tr><td width=298 colspan=2 style='width:223.5pt;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-height-rule:exactly'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/sites/ier.org.uk/files/Flyer%20Access%20to%20Justice%20London%2019-3-13%20FINAL.pdf"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=229 height=283 id="Picture_x0020_6" src="cid:image014.jpg@01CF0D5B.89B1A720" alt="Acc to Justice Lond 19-3-14.jpg"></span></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=617 style='width:462.75pt;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-height-rule:exactly'><b><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#763B6A'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/events/equality-and-discrimination-2012"><span style='color:#763B6A;text-decoration:none'>London:</span></a></span></b><span class=MsoHyperlink><b><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#763B6A;text-decoration:none'><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span class=MsoHyperlink><b><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#773B6A;text-decoration:none'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/events/equality-and-discrimination-2012"><span style='color:#773B6A;text-decoration:none'>Access</span></a> to Justice: employment tribunals at a crossroads</span></b></span><span style='color:#773B6A'><o:p></o:p></span></p><h3 style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#773B6A'><o:p> </o:p></span></h3><h3 style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#773B6A'>Wednesday 19<sup>th</sup> March 2014<o:p></o:p></span></h3><h3 style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-height-rule:exactly'><i><span lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#773B6A;font-weight:normal'>A one day conference, at UNISON, Euston Road, London<o:p></o:p></span></i></h3><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-height-rule:exactly'><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Workers' access to justice in employment disputes is under attack. The employment tribunal system has undergone radical changes resulting in dimished opportunities for workers to resolve employment disputes through recourse to the law. The conference will look at the 'forensic lottery' of unfair dismissal procedures; the role for Acas and others in mediation and conciliation and the choices faced by an employment tribunal system at the crossroads.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>See <span style='color:#A07997'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/events/access-justice-1"><span style='color:#A07997'>website</span></a></span> for more information<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#A07997'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/events/access-justice-1"><span style='color:#A07997'>Book and pay</span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>at the bottom of the website page or email <a href="mailto:carolyns@ier.org.uk">carolyns@ier.org.uk</a></span><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width=915 colspan=3 style='width:686.25pt;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span style='color:#1F497D'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></div></td></tr><tr><td width=298 colspan=2 style='width:223.5pt;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-height-rule:exactly'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/sites/ier.org.uk/files/FLYER%20Access%20to%20Justice%20Lpool%205-3-14%20FINAL%202.pdf"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=226 height=300 id="Picture_x0020_7" src="cid:image017.jpg@01CF0D5B.89B1A720" alt="Acc to Justice Lpool 5-3-14.jpg"></span></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=617 style='width:462.75pt;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#763B6A'>Liverpool:</span></b><span class=MsoHyperlink><b><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#763B6A;text-decoration:none'><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=MsoHyperlink><b><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#773B6A;text-decoration:none'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/events/equality-and-discrimination-2012"><span style='color:#773B6A;text-decoration:none'>Access</span></a> to Justice: employment tribunals at a crossroads</span></b></span><span style='color:#773B6A'><o:p></o:p></span></p><h3 style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#773B6A'><o:p> </o:p></span></h3><h3 style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#773B6A'>Wednesday 5<sup>th</sup> March 2014<o:p></o:p></span></h3><h3 style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#773B6A;font-weight:normal'>A one day conference, at the Adelphi Hotel, Liverpool<o:p></o:p></span></i></h3><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Workers' access to justice in employment disputes is under attack. The employment tribunal system has undergone radical changes resulting in diminished opportunities for workers to resolve employment disputes through recourse to the law. The conference will look at the 'forensic lottery' of unfair dismissal procedures; the role for Acas and others in mediation and conciliation and the choices faced by an employment tribunal system at the crossroads.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>See <span style='color:#A07997'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/events/access-justice-0"><span style='color:#A07997'>website</span></a></span> for more information<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#A07997'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/events/access-justice-0"><span style='color:#A07997'>Book and pay</span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>at the bottom of the website page or email <a href="mailto:carolyns@ier.org.uk">carolyns@ier.org.uk</a></span><b><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#763B6A'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr><tr><td width=244 style='width:183.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'></td><td width=5 style='width:3.75pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'></td><td width=515 style='width:386.25pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>