Contracts: an Introduction

University College London

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In London

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Description

  • Type

    Course

  • Level

    Intermediate

  • Location

    London

  • Class hours

    7h

  • Duration

    1 Day

Commercial contracts can be difficult to understand. Their general appearance, style of writing, and use of legal terminology is off-putting. Sometimes, they seem to be written in impenetrable code by lawyers for other lawyers.
This course explains why contracts look the way they do. It highlights the useful features of a contract and the unnecessary features that reflect ‘tradition’.
It explain the process that lawyers, clients and support staff typically follow when working with contracts.
You'll discuss the different stages in the life of a contract, and some of the activities that are encountered at each stage. These stages include drafting, negotiating, approving, signing, administering, performing, amending, terminating and litigating contracts.

Facilities

Location

Start date

London
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Gower Street, WC1E 6BT

Start date

On request

About this course

This practical course is designed for people who want to understand contracts better.
You don’t need to be a lawyer to benefit from the course. Past participants have included a team of engineering project managers from a water utility company, a team of legal secretaries from a well-known media company, and research contract managers from universities and research funding bodies.
Managers and administrators who are new to a role that involves working with contracts will find the course useful, as will more experienced staff who would like to understand better the legal and commercial background to their work with contracts.
The course will also be useful for legal trainees and paralegals who wish to understand better the practical aspects of this subject.

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Subjects

  • Contracts
  • Terminology
  • Legal Terminology
  • Legal issues
  • Legal Secretary
  • LAWYERS
  • Managers
  • Legal trainees and paralegals
  • Legal trainees
  • Paralegals

Course programme

Topics covered in this workshop include:

  • What makes a contract a contract
  • Why contracts are written in this particular way
  • The process of negotiating and signing contracts
  • Administering existing contracts, including record-keeping
  • Amending and terminating contracts
  • Administering disputes over contracts

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