Successfully managing contractual risk is important for both lawyers and their clients
In this one-hour live webinar, Keith Markham will consider a series of key contract clauses and will examine the steps to take to minimise risk when drafting and reviewing them.
Topics covered include:
Exclusion and limitation clauses
- How to draft clauses that will pass the reasonableness test of the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977
Termination clauses
- How to distinguish between termination clauses that are ‘indefinite’ and ‘perpetual’
Notices
- How to draft effective notice provisions
Liquidated damages and penalties
- How to draft enforceable liquidated damages clauses
Force majeure
- How to deal with issues of ‘foreseeability’ when drafting such clauses
This live webinar is ideal for lawyers and non-lawyers with an interest in contracts.
All Levels – this can be picked up throughout anyones professional career regardless of experience
- To understand the reasonableness test set out in the UCTA 1977 and draft accordingly
- To distinguish between ‘indefinite’ and ‘perpetual’ termination clauses
- To comprehend the key elements of a notice clause
- To understand the differences between liquidated damages and penalty clauses
- To consider the significance of foreseeability in force majeure clauses
- Understand the rules relating to reasonableness
- Be aware of the pitfalls contained in notice provisions
- Adapt contracting procedures to manage risk
This live webinar contains a 45-minute presentation from Keith Markham, a 15-minute Q&A session where you can ask any questions you'd like directly to Keith. You can download your own copy of the presentation and resources to refer to during and after the live webinar.
You will be able to actively listen to the course and ask questions to the speaker.
The live webinar begins at 10:00am.
The £69 +VAT price includes:
- 45-minutes of topical content
- 15-minute interactive Q&A
- Comprehensive lecture notes
- Digital CPD certificate
Of course. To book multiple delegates, increase the amount of tickets you wish to buy and add them to your basket. Once your payment has been processed, you will then be asked to assign the tickets to the delegates attending. Each delegate will then receive an email with instructions on how to finalise their booking
For group booking discounts please get in touch with us on team@formediagroup.co.uk.
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This live webinar provides you with 1 hour of learning.
Attendees will receive a CPD certificate upon completion of this course.
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Keith Markham
View Full ProfileKeith Markham qualified as a Solicitor in 2001 and now works as a freelance consultant.
After beginning his career in private practice he moved in-house in 2004 and worked at comparethemarket.com. During his time there Keith advised extensively on all areas of commercial contracts and data protection. He also conducted contract negotiations of a complex nature, often with major blue chip companies.
In 2007, Keith joined BPP Professional Education, one of Europe’s leading providers of professional development training. He worked there as both an in-house lawyer dealing with data protection and commercial contracts and also as a presenter of training courses before going freelance in 2009.
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