Managing Your Contract Risks for Non-Legal Professionals

Crucial Need for Contract Law Understanding in Business

Highlighting the significance of a foundational grasp of contract law for officers and managers within a business cannot be overstated. Failing to comprehend contract law's principles might precipitate contractual conflicts and, in the gravest instances, result in legal actions and arbitration. Consequently, each business entity must guarantee that its transactions adhere to legal norms, setting out the rights and duties of involved parties unequivocally. Such clarity extends to appropriate remedies in case of breaches by either party, safeguarding the integrity of commercial interactions.

This two day course is targeted at non-legal professionals. As it is recognized that principles of law are difficult for non-lawyers to understand, the course has been structured to make it easy to follow and the principles are supplemented with many case studies.

Upon completion of the course, learners will be able to:

• Each attendee will learn a number of matters including how to identify terms which may render the contract unenforceable, or terms which may be ambiguous, or terms which may not adequately address the risk required by a particular party to the contract.
• Contractual clauses should be drafted in a manner that is easily understandable by both parties and the scope of the same should allow for no ambiguity because that potentially may lead to a dispute.
• There will also be a discussion of terms that would minimize the contractual risks of a party in certain circumstances such as limitation of liability clauses, indemnity clauses, insurance clauses and force majeure clauses.

This is a course designed for non-lawyers and is targeted at all those in the commercial enterprise involved in any contractual dealings. This includes but is not limited to Company Directors, Contract Managers, Sales and Marketing Managers, Purchasing Managers, Project Managers, Project Engineers, Procurement Managers and Business Development Managers.

Mr. Christopher Bridges has over 30 years’ experience as a litigator and practices General Litigation. His field of practice as a General Litigator is wide and varied. He is accredited on the List of Leading Counsel maintained by the High Court of Singapore which appoints on behalf of the State, senior criminal practitioners who are assisted by an assistant Counsel from a similar List of Assisting Counsel to represent a Defendant facing the Death Penalty and whose fees are paid for by the High Court. He is also involved in the Academic Field as a Part Time Lecturer and has lectured at both the Singapore Polytechnic and Murdoch University where he conducts tutorials for Diploma Students in Business Law, covering topics on creation of contracts, employment rights and Law of International Trade which covers Carriage of Goods by Sea and Air, Maritime Insurance and Sale of Goods as well as Australian Consumer Law and Hospitality and Tourism Law. Mr. Bridges graduated from the University of London in 1988 and was called to the Bar of England and Wales by the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple in 1989 after sitting for the Bar Finals where he won a Book Prize for Best Overseas Student in General Paper 1. He was admitted as an Advocate and Solicitor to The Supreme Court, Republic of Singapore on 6th June 1990. He is a Notary Public and a Commissioner for Oaths.