Drafting Commercial Contracts in 2023 - An Advanced Guide with Helen Swaffield

Introduction

This all new in-person course targets key clauses with the impact of new cases on drafting.

It includes a number of key drafting fixes and is aimed at those who draft or review commercial contracts.

What You Will Learn

This course will cover the following:

• MOUs with jurisdictions clauses after Novus Aviation Limited v Alubaf Arab International Bank BSC
• NDA and confidentiality checks after Duchy Farm Kennels Ltd v Steels
• Execution nightmares after Gregor Fisken Limited v Bernard Carl
• Primary guarantees - really? after Black & Veatch Corporation v Kazstroyservice Global BV
• Weakening the indemnity after Towergate Financial Ltd v Hopkinson
• Empowering the indemnity after Gwynt Y Môr OFTO PLC v Gwynt Y Môr Offshore Wind Farm Ltd
• Strengthening the exclusion clause after CIS General Insurance v IBM [2022]
• Checking your conditions are not innominate after Galtrade Limited v BP Oil International Limited
• Measuring remediable material breach to terminate after Bains v Arunvill Capital Ltd & Anor
• Avoiding the doctrine of liquidated damages with primary obligations after Heritage Travel and Tourism Ltd v Windhorst
• Incorporation of onerous terms after Blu-Sky Solutions Ltd v Be Caring Ltd
• Improving the drafting of endeavours’ clauses after Brooke Homes (Bicester) Ltd v Portfolio Property Partners Ltd & Ors
• Reviewing the enforceability of the entire agreement clause MDW Holdings Limited v James Robert Norvill & Ors
• The operation of sanctions on performance after MUR Shipping BV v RTI Ltd
• Faulty force majeure clauses after The Football Association Premier League Ltd v PPLive Sports International Ltd
• Variation and arbitration clauses under the microscope after Kabab-Ji SAL (Lebanon) v Kout Food Group (Kuwait)