Practical Aspects Of Contract Law ITC School Of Laws
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    Contract Formation 

    • Basic principles of a valid contract
    • Offer, Acceptance, Consideration, Intention to Create Legal Relations, Capacity
    • Contracts formed via letters, faxes, auctions, tenders, advertisements, email, etc.

    Legal Classification of Terms in a Contract

    • conditions and warranties 
    • express terms and implied terms
    • Exclusion clauses & the Unfair Contract Terms Act

    Contractual problems that might arise

    • Misrepresentation
    • Mistake
    • Duress & Undue Influence

    The consequences of illegality & public policy

    • contracts for an unlawful purpose
    • clauses that might infringe a law 
    • clauses that are void for public policy reasons 

    Remedies for the breach of contract

    • Damages
    • Quantum meruit
    • Rescission 
    • Specific performance 
    • Injunction 

    Basic principles of Drafting

    • Drafting techniques 
    • Typical clauses and their implications 
    • Legalese 

    Variation of Contract terms

    • change management 
    • legal issues relating to variation 

    Service Level Agreements

    • Defining the Services 
    • The Service function & Service aspiration 
    • The Service level 
    • What to measure? How to measure? 
    • Measuring in the absence of historical data 
    • Service Credits 
    • Double-dipping 
    • Bonuses 
    • Escalator Clauses 

    WHO SHOULD ATTEND

    "This course requires no prior legal knowledge and is suitable for Project Managers, Contract officers, Small business owners, support staff engaged in contract management and negotiation."

    COURSE OBJECTIVE

    This comprehensive course is intended to give to participants basic working knowledge in the principles of Contract Law. The focus is on how Contract law is practically relevant in different contractual situations.

    Updated on 08 November, 2015

    About ITC School Of Laws

    ITC has emerged to be the most successful private school in Singapore to offer preparatory courses for the Certificate in Higher Education (Common Law) and the Bachelor of Laws, LL.B from the University of London International Programme. Our students' excellent world-class results on the external law programmes every year are testament to this fact. With graduates who are currently involved in the legal arena, the corporate sector, government fields and many others, the ITC graduate is highly employable in both the local and international job sectors.

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