TRAINING COURSES
Contract Law – Understanding the Concepts of a Contract
Summary
- Price:
- $905
- Language:
- English
- Funding:
- WSQ/SDF,SkillsFuture Credit
- No. of Days:
- 2 Days
- Location:
- Central
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| Full Cost | S$905 | |
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Why You Should Attend This Course:
Almost daily we make contracts. Ignorance is not a privilege. It is a misfortune. Managers, company directors, executives and businessmen need to clearly understand contract law. Now it is even more important to understand how contracts can be made electronically through the email and the world wide web over the internet. Get a thorough understanding of the principles of contract law through this interactive course. Emphasis will be placed on the terms and clauses frequently used in the drafting of contracts, agreements and joint ventures.
Rules on doctrine of variation and amendments of contract will be explained. Samples of different types of contracts will be provided such as contracts of employment. Participants will learn how to terminate a contract and know the remedies available for breach of contract.
Learn how to conduct your businesses effectively within the laws of business and companies.
Case studies and case presentations will be given. Video training materials will be used to enhance learning. Quizzes and problem-solving scenario questions will be used throughout the course for practical applications/practices.
Course Outline:
Nature of A Business Contract
- commercial contract
- gentlemen agreements
- oral/verbal contracts and written contracts
- who is the reasonable man?
Effective Negotiation Skills
- hard vs. soft negotiator
- how to negotiate for a successful contract?
- Harvard Principled Negotiation Techniques
Requirements of a Valid Contract
- distinguish between "invitation to treat" and "offer"
- newspaper advertisement and catalogs
- intention to create legal relations, domestic and commercial contracts
- consideration: sufferance e.g. the price
- Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act
- Capacity to make a contract
- minors
- mentally disordered and drunkards
E-Commerce Contracts
- making contracts via emails and the world wide web on the internet
- Electronic Transactions Act & its implications
Terms of a Contract
- express terms vs. implied terms
- parol evidence rule in written contracts
- conditions: fundamental terms
- warranties: minor terms
- complex terms
- breach of conditions & warranties
- consequences of breach of contract terms
Amendment & Variation of Contract Terms
- the 4 exceptions
Exemption Clauses
- Unfair Contracts Terms Act
- control of exclusion clauses by case law & statutory laws
- negligence & damages
Factors affecting Contract
- misrepresentation
- inducement, sales talk
- fraudulent, negligent & innocent misrepresentation
- effects of misrepresentation
- remedies: rescission & damages
- mistake
- types of mistakes
- mutual mistake
- common mistake
- unilateral mistake
- operative mistake to avoid contract
- duress & undue influence
- voidable contract
- economic duress, loss of profits
- illegal contracts & its consequences
- void contracts
- contracts in restraint of trade
- non-competition clauses preventing working elsewhere
Discharge of Contracts
- 4 ways to terminate a contract
- by performance
- by agreement (novation)
- by frustration
- by breach
Remedies for Breach of Contract
- refuse further performance
- damages: monetary compensation & awards
- how much monetary awards can be claimed?
- Rule of remoteness of damage
- mitigation of damages
- speculative damages
- liquidated damages, pre-estimate genuine damages, penalty clauses
- specific performance
- injunctions
- common law remedies
- equitable remedies
How to Resolve Your Contractual Disputes
- negotiations & consultations
- mediation
- arbitration
- mini-trials
- litigation & the Legal System
- the courts
- common law vs. criminal law
- contract law vs. tort law (wrongful acts)
- Location:
- Central
- Address:
- 51 Anson Road, #03-53
- Building Name:
- Anson Centre
- Postal:
- 079904
Marketing Institute of Singapore
Founded in 1973, the Marketing Institute of Singapore (MIS), a not-for-profit organisation, is the National Body for Sales and Marketing. Over the years, MIS has nurtured more than 50,000 sales and marketing practitioners through its professional learning and development programmes and provided ample networking opportunities for thousands of members through its diverse series of events.
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Prof Catherine Tay Swee Kian
Prof Catherine Tay Swee Kian is an Associate Professorial Fellow lecturing law at the National University of Singapore, Department of Strategy and Policy (NUS Business School). She is also an Advocate and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore, author of several law books and the Associate Director of Bernard & Rada Law Corp.
Prof Tay studied law at Queen Mary College, University of London and graduated with a Master of Laws, in which she specialised in Company, Shipping, Insurance and Marine Insurance Laws. She did her pupillage under the Honourable Lady Mary Hogg in London and returned to Singapore in the law firm of Rodyk & Davidson.
Prof Tay was on the Board of Overseas Editors for the (United Kingdom) Journal of Financial Crime, an official publication of the Cambridge International Symposium on Economic Crime. She has presented papers at many conferences and seminars on Business Law, Medical Law, Company and Insolvency Laws both overseas and in Singapore. Prof Tay is an examiner on law subjects for a number of professional bodies in Singapore and overseas. She conducts in-house seminars for hospitals, banks, statutory boards, hotels, commercial firms and companies, clubs and associations
The following are details breakdown of the funding
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Note
- Funding is subjected to approval from the government agencies
- The amount is calculated based on the "Up to" percentage of the course fees
- Taking into assumption that you have not fully utilized the SkillsFuture Credit and Productivity & Innoviation Credit Scheme
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