Certificate in Contract Drafting

Introduction

Drafting, reviewing and amending contracts is a key skill for lawyers. In this session you will be asked to review and amend a series of key contract clauses with emphasis on managing commercial and legal risk.

What You Will Learn

This live and interactive session will cover the following:

• Payment Clauses
• Defining the price
• Price increase mechanisms
• Appropriate use of discounts
• Payment terms
• Remedies for late/ non-payment
• Dealing with disputed invoices
• Warranties
• Sale of goods contracts - key warranties and remedies
• Supply of services contracts - key warranties and remedies
• Additional warranties commonly inserted into commercial contracts
• Indemnities
• Differences between a claim for damages and a claim under an indemnity
• Limitations on the scope of an indemnity
• Limitations on the operation of an indemnity
• Exclusion Clauses
• Types of liability that cannot be excluded or restricted
• Exclusions of direct v indirect losses
• Limitation of liability - aggregate v per claim
• Termination
• Termination for default
• Termination for convenience
• Boilerplate clauses
• Entire agreement
• Assignment and novation
• Variation
• Waiver
• Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999
• Jurisdiction and applicable law

Recording of live sessions: Soon after the Learn Live session has taken place you will be able to go back and access the recording - should you wish to revisit the material discussed.