Drafting, Understanding and Working with Contracts: An Advanced-Level Workshop

University College London

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In London

£ 600 VAT inc.

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Description

  • Type

    Course

  • Level

    Intermediate

  • Location

    London

  • Class hours

    7h

  • Duration

    1 Day

  • Start date

    Different dates available

This practical one-day course will help you improve how you draft, understand and work with contracts.
It's an advanced-level course for lawyers and commercial managers with at least two years’ experience of drafting the detailed terms of contracts, and who want to increase their technical understanding.
You'll learn:
practical suggestions for better drafting
how to deal with the imperfect drafting you may encounter in negotiations
about the courts’ approach to interpreting contract wording

Facilities

Location

Start date

London
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Gower Street, WC1E 6BT

Start date

Different dates availableEnrolment now open

About this course

This course is designed for lawyers and commercial managers who have at least two years’ experience of drafting the detailed terms of contracts, including legal terms.
It's not suitable for beginners or people who draft contracts only occasionally.

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Subjects

  • Contracts
  • Often sub optimal
  • Legal drafting
  • Legal issues
  • Drafting
  • Drafting practice
  • Bad drafting practice
  • Conventions
  • Contract drafting
  • Consumer Contracts

Course programme

Topics covered will include the following:

  • Why legal drafting is often sub optimal
  • Examples of good and bad drafting practice
  • Techniques for clear business writing, and variations for drafting contracts
  • Conventions, traditions and assumptions in contract drafting
  • Contract drafting in the real world
  • Contract drafting with an eye on the courts
  • Special ‘plain English’ requirements for consumer contracts

This is a practical workshop and you'll learn through studying case studies and group discussions as well as presentations.

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Drafting, Understanding and Working with Contracts: An Advanced-Level Workshop

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