Understanding,Reviewing and Drafting Contract

Understanding, Reviewing and Drafting of Contract (Re-run No. 97)

Printed agreements & forms are great but in practice, one size does not fit all!

There's much more to completing building, construction, engineering or technical contracts or sale & purchase agreements than filling in the blanks.

In fact, a badly drafted contract can mislead decision makers, annoy colleagues or even puzzle clients. Worse still, an ambiguous contractual clause may cause a dispute that can only be resolved through expensive court or arbitration proceedings. Too often contracts are structured in a way that makes them less accessible to the reader and use language that is not as precise and efficient as it might be, or that is unclear, or even archaic.

A misreading of contract or overlooking some contractual terms can be a costly affair and this is not too uncommon an occurrence especially to overworked executives and multi-tasking engineers. As such this course aims to provide some guidelines to review and watch out some of the hidden dangers and points to watch out before entering into contracts. This course approach from a practical viewpoint to review & draft contract and contract management. It is suitable for engineers & non-engineers alike, technical & non-technical professionals, businessmen, contractors, and executives and in fact anyone handles a contract.

Date Scheduled	4 November 2024 (Monday)
Duration	1 day
Time	8.30am to 6.00pm
Venue	Hotel Grand Pacific 101 Victoria Street Singapore 188018 This course is available either by zoom or at the hotel
Registration Fee	$410 per pax (inclusive of lunch & tea-break [for physical attendance only unless not permitted by law], course materials & electronic certificate of attendance; GST not applicable)
Early Bird Registration (Pay on or before 28 October 2024)	$360 per pax (inclusive of lunch & tea-break [for physical attendance only unless not permitted by law], course materials & electronic certificate of attendance; GST not applicable)

Qualified by Professional Engineers Board (PEB) for 8 PDUs (Professional Development Units) under PEB's CPD Programme or 8 CET Hours

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You will hear from a speaker, a retired lawyer in private practice under his own law firm before he retirement from legal practice and has many extensive industrial projects and business development experience as a practising engineer and project engineer/project manager.

Who Should Attend:

Professional Engineers, Engineers, Quantity Surveyors, Contractors, Owners Of Businesses, Managers, Technical Professionals, Site Supervisors, Corporate Officers and Management & Executive Staff of Government Departments, Corporations and Businesses and Admin Staff And Executives who are involved in handling contracts

**Note: For all disciplines of engineering

Objective

1. This course will provide participants with an overview & a general understanding of the practical aspects of contract law -- made simple for the professional engineer, other engineers & technical staff and the layman. Special emphasis will be placed on terms and clauses frequently used in drafting technical, business, engineering and building contracts.

2. To provide participants to acquire an understanding of the finer points of reviewing & drafting contract plus an opportunity to acquire hands on experience in drafting technical and business contract.

**Note : For all disciplines of engineering

Benefits

▪ What constitutes a contract
▪ How are you affected by contractual rights and obligations
▪ How do I draft a contract
▪ What are the points to note in reviewing contracts

Course Details of Law Seminar / Programme

- Introduction to Singapore Law

- Overview & a general understanding of pertinent points of contract including:

· Formalities and formation of a valid contract

· Terms of contract

· Specifications

· Breach of contract & remedies

- Points to take note in reviewing contracts, including

· watching out for hidden dangers

· points to watch out before entering into contracts

· avoiding common contractual pitfalls

· understanding the smallprint in commercial contracts

- The finer points of contract drafting including:

· the bolts & nuts of drafting

· pertinent terms

· use of boiler plates

· what to include, what to exclude

- Practical study of selected contracts

Speaker’s CV

Mr.Lee Kwok Weng, B.Eng. (Mech.)(S'pore), M.Sc.(Ind.Eng)(NUS), DipBA(NUS), GradDip Mktg.(MIS), LLB(Hons)(Bucks), LLM(Lond), Barrister-at-Law, Advocate & Solicitor (Retired), Supreme Court of Singapore, Accredited Arbitrator & Mediator, MMIS, FIES, Honorary Legal Advisor, IES & SISO, was in continuous private legal practice for almost 29 years running his own law firm before his retirement from legal practice.

He specialises in Business Contracts, Negligence, Information Technology, Criminal, Company, Insolvency and Engineering & Building Laws.

He has been for many years an Adjunct Associate Professor at the Business School, National University of Singapore, teaching Business Law in the MBA programme. He is a very experienced lecturer and trainer and is well-versed in the technical field, marketing and management practice too. He was also an Adjunct Lecturer at Nanyang Technological University & BCA Academy.

Mr.Lee brings with him considerable industrial project and business development management experience, having worked for 12 years as an engineer & project manager in the public sector and in a leading Multi-national engineering and construction corporation serving the oil and gas industries onshore and offshore.

A knowledge lawyer himself, Mr.Lee also brings with him a wealth of practical knowledge & experience of the legal requirements, setting & starting and managing businesses in the knowledge economy as he is a co-founder of and legal/corporate adviser to some IT/internet & other companies.