Contractual Awareness Training

Note: the course reflects both English and Scots laws

Day 1

1.    Introduction – legal background

• England & Wales and Scotland are common law jurisdictions
• Sources of law – common law and statute
• Natural justice
• Burden & standard of proof

2.   Law of Contract (1)

• Definition of a contract
• Analysis of contract formation  and essential ingredients
• Requirements as to writing
• Simple and specialty contracts
• Contracts of utmost good faith

3.      Law of Contract (2)

• Terms – conditions and warranties; fitness for purpose, satisfactory quality, reasonable skill & care
• Express terms
• Implied terms
• Exclusion and limitation clauses

4.      Law of Contract (3)

• Ending the contract
• Breach of contract
• Set-off
• Doctrine of privity
• Assignment

5.      Laws of delict & tort

• Tort/delict– what are they?
• Tort/delict of negligence

6.      Conclusions – contract and tort/delict

• Limitations of action
• Contract and/or tort/delict?

Day 2

Day 2

7. Introduction to engineering contracts
8. • Where contract conditions come from
   • Who writes them and what they are intended to give us
   • The benefits
   • The two main types – for WORK and for a RESULT
   • WORK = ICE/NEC3
   • RESULT = IET/IMechE MF1

8. MF1 — The essential contents and scenario

• Scenario
• Framework clauses
• Contract Management
• Site management
• Design
• Supply chains
• Time
• Testing
• Guarantees
• Change and claims
• Money/payment

9. NEC3 –The essential contents and scenario

• Scenario
• Framework clauses
• Contract Management
• Site management
• Design
• Supply chains
• Time
• Testing
• Guarantees
• Change and claims
• Money/payment

10. Other standard forms

• Building/civil
• JCT/ICE?GC Works etc.
• Electrical/Mechanical
• MF2
• Process/IChemE
• International
• FIDIC/IChemE
• Service
• FIDIC /ACE

11. Dispute Resolution

• The dispute; conditions precedent, terminology
• Non-binding dispute resolution processes
• Negotiation, mediation, etc
• Binding dispute resolution processes
• Adjudication, DAB, expert determination, arbitration, litigation

Course duration: 2 Days

Cost: £595 + VAT

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