Contract Law Fundamentals for Non - Lawyers - Sydney 2013

Build confidence around legal terminology and contractual obligations to help protect your commercial interests, assist in contract development and avoid disputes.

This course is an intensely practical two day course that will guide you through the essentials of contract law, exploring such details as when you need a contract, what types of contract exist and the effect of statutory law on your contractual arrangements. It covers the crucial ingredients required for a good contract, provides tips for understanding contractual material, and looks at the traps and pitfalls of contract drafting. Contract law also scrutinises what happens when things go wrong, including offering options for assessing damages and remedies for breach, and looks at the contractual implications of working in an e-commerce environment. The instructor will spend detailed time teaching participants how to interpret examples, and take their interpretative and analysis skills back to their workplace.

Price: 2 Day Training Course: $ 2524.50 AUD

Key Learning Outcomes

Examine and address current topical issues in contract law

Review statutory and common law obligations that must be incorporated into contracts

Develop processes to ensure contract objectives are delivered while mitigating risk

Review a select sample of contracts clauses to identify responsibility and liability

Implement drafting changes that improve contract clarity and structure

Discover how various contract clauses achieve maximum risk management by analysing drafting and testing techniques

Understand and initiate a review of contractual governance in your organisation

Examine insurance arrangements and indemnities

Design effective methods of dispute resolution and documentation collection