Contract Law: Essential Skills for Non-Lawyers
If you deal with contracts or are involved in contract-making in the course of your work, you need to know how to avoid legal risks & problems that can arise at any time. Understand what forms a contract to ensure your contracts are correct. Protect against obvious risks through proper risk management. Be confident that the contract is properly executed with a review on the technicalities of execution. Understand these key issues & more at this seminar specifically tailored for the non-lawyer. WEB215N07
Description
Attend and earn 4 CPD units in Substantive Law
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
Chair: Trevor Angst, Director, Capital Projects, Department of Jobs Precincts and Regions (DJPR)
9.00am to 9.05am Opening Remarks from the Chair
9.05am to 10.05am Contract Negotiation Strategy
- Understanding the key outcomes sought to be achieved through negotiation: distinguishing your ‘must-haves’ from ‘would-be-nice-haves’
- When negotiated terms can form part of the contract
- How to formulate your negotiation strategy and select the right negotiation team
- Common negotiation perils and how you can overcome or mitigate them: the dangers posed by misleading conduct and estoppel
- Dealing with the contractual risk allocation
- Common negotiation issues
- Contingent liabilities
Presented by Angie Freeman, Partner, Clayton Utz
10.05am to 11.05am Contract Formation Process
- The basics of contract formation
- Practical review of some key terms
- What is the contract part 1: Contracts, agreements, deeds and MOUs
- What is the contract part 2: hard copy terms vs variations/changes by doing
- Templates and standard form contracts
- Unfair contract terms
- Tips and traps
Presented by Scott Alden, Partner, HWL Ebsworth
11.05am to 11.15am Break
11.15am to 12.15pm Executing the Contract
- Identifying parties to the contract
- Power to contract, authorisation and delegation
- Regulatory requirements
- What is the difference between a contract and a contract variation?
- What is the difference between executing a deed and a contract?
- Understanding common traps and problems in contract execution
- How do parties enter into contracts through electronic means?
Presented by Andrew Suddick. Senior Legal and Contracts Manager, Agriculture Victoria Services
12.15pm to 1.15pm Risk Assessment: When Things Don’t Go To Plan
- Making the most of dispute resolution clauses
- Utilising Legal Professional Privilege and avoiding waivers
- Dealing with failure to complete
- Deciding when and if to terminate
Presented by Geoff Shaw, Partner, MinterEllison
Presenters
Trevor Angst
Trevor Angst is the Director, Capital Projects within the Jobs, Innovation and Business Engagement group of the Department of Jobs Precincts and Regions (DJPR). Trevor is a very experienced public sector executive with specialist knowledge in the procurement, delivery and operation of complex projects, particularly Public Private Partnerships (PPP) delivered under the Victorian government’s Partnerships Victoria policy framework. Trevor has responsibility for all the PPPs in DJPR as well as a number of other significant projects. Prior to this role, Trevor was the Project Director responsible for the delivery of the Melbourne Exhibition Centre Expansion project.