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Understanding Practicalities & Legalities in Project Management for Non-Legal Professionals
Why You Should Attend This Course:
We simply cannot ignore the legalities in our daily management of any projects. Rules and regulations must be complied with in every project management. Ignorance of the law is no defence, nor a privilege; it is a misfortune. Knowing the legalities will help you to work effectively within the legal framework.
This course focuses on the legal environment affecting Project Management, especially with many disputes arising from contractual issues. Hence it is important to learn how contract law governs our working relationship.
Practical examples with case scenarios and the sharing of best practices will be given to enhance learning. You do not need to have legal knowledge to attend this interactive course.
We simply cannot ignore the legalities in our daily management of any projects. Rules and regulations must be complied with in every project management. Ignorance of the law is no defence, nor a privilege; it is a misfortune. Knowing the legalities will help you to work effectively within the legal framework.
This course focuses on the legal environment affecting Project Management, especially with many disputes arising from contractual issues. Hence it is important to learn how contract law governs our working relationship.
Practical examples with case scenarios and the sharing of best practices will be given to enhance learning. You do not need to have legal knowledge to attend this interactive course.
Outline
Investment & Governance in Contract Management
• Business ethics
• Golden rule in Governance
• Conduct of individual
• Commercial awareness
• Case-study: The unfair advantage
• General awareness of knowledge job
• Forms of contract & contract law
• Intellectual property rights issues
• Pentagon objective: capturing key commercial business objectives
• Risk management – identification, assessment, reviews and mitigation
• Efficient administration techniques
• Monitoring & reporting
• Meetings
• Ongoing risk assessment
• Project Manager’s Checklists
• Registers
o contract amendment register
o subcontracts
o confidentiality agreements
o licenses
o bonds / guarantees
• Documentation and record keeping
• Managing variation procedures
• The doctrine of variation and the 4 exceptions
Negotiation Strategies & Dispute Resolution
• Harvard Negotiation Project
• PIOC techniques to getting “Yes” to terms and conditions
• Breakthrough strategies in handling difficult negotiations
• Recognising tactics and dirty tricks
• Non-verbal communication
Essentials in Contract Law Management
• Identifying fundamental terms & conditions
• Consequences of breach of contract terms
• Implied terms and express terms
• Conflict management arising over contractual issues
• 4 ways to terminate contract
• Frustration
• Novation
• Breach of contract
• Remedies available – damages, specific performance, injunction
• Damages must not be too remote
• Mitigation of damages
Contractual Interpretation Rules
• Golden rule in reading contract clauses
• Literal rule
• Contextual rule
• Technical or jargon meaning
• Contra proferentum rule
• Ejusdum generis rule
Termination Issues
• Force majeure events
• Defence to liability for breach of contract
• Liquidated damages and doctrine of penalty
• Termination events
• Termination consequences
• Indemnity
• Insurance
• Exclusion or limitation clause
• Obligations covered by “Survival clause” which includes:
o Confidentiality
o Effect of Termination
o Provision for potential disputes e.g. ADR
o Mediation and arbitration
o Mini-trials
• Business ethics
• Golden rule in Governance
• Conduct of individual
• Commercial awareness
• Case-study: The unfair advantage
• General awareness of knowledge job
• Forms of contract & contract law
• Intellectual property rights issues
• Pentagon objective: capturing key commercial business objectives
• Risk management – identification, assessment, reviews and mitigation
• Efficient administration techniques
• Monitoring & reporting
• Meetings
• Ongoing risk assessment
• Project Manager’s Checklists
• Registers
o contract amendment register
o subcontracts
o confidentiality agreements
o licenses
o bonds / guarantees
• Documentation and record keeping
• Managing variation procedures
• The doctrine of variation and the 4 exceptions
Negotiation Strategies & Dispute Resolution
• Harvard Negotiation Project
• PIOC techniques to getting “Yes” to terms and conditions
• Breakthrough strategies in handling difficult negotiations
• Recognising tactics and dirty tricks
• Non-verbal communication
Essentials in Contract Law Management
• Identifying fundamental terms & conditions
• Consequences of breach of contract terms
• Implied terms and express terms
• Conflict management arising over contractual issues
• 4 ways to terminate contract
• Frustration
• Novation
• Breach of contract
• Remedies available – damages, specific performance, injunction
• Damages must not be too remote
• Mitigation of damages
Contractual Interpretation Rules
• Golden rule in reading contract clauses
• Literal rule
• Contextual rule
• Technical or jargon meaning
• Contra proferentum rule
• Ejusdum generis rule
Termination Issues
• Force majeure events
• Defence to liability for breach of contract
• Liquidated damages and doctrine of penalty
• Termination events
• Termination consequences
• Indemnity
• Insurance
• Exclusion or limitation clause
• Obligations covered by “Survival clause” which includes:
o Confidentiality
o Effect of Termination
o Provision for potential disputes e.g. ADR
o Mediation and arbitration
o Mini-trials
Profile of Catherine Tay
Catherine Tay has over 35 years of lecturing experience as an Associate Professor lecturing business law at the National University of Singapore (NUS) Department of Strategy and Policy, NUS Business School. She is an Advocate and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore. She is also a barrister-at-law (of Lincoln’s Inn, United Kingdom). She is an author of more than 8 law books, including her best-seller book title called "Contract Law - A layman Guide".
She studied law at Queen Mary College, University of London and graduated with a Bachelor of Laws with Honours and with a Master of Laws, in which she specialised in Company, Shipping, Insurance and Marine Insurance Laws.
She has facilitated seminars and in-house training courses for many business law topics such as tenancy agreements, contract administration management, procurement contracts, legal and practical aspects of tender management, Service Level Agreements and Outsourcing contracts, oil and gas contract management, insurance contracts, Intellectual Property Laws and PDPA data privacy laws. She is an examiner on law subjects for a number of professional bodies and universities in Singapore and overseas. She has lectured at the NUS Extension in professional and business management law courses.
She was an adjunct lecturer at NUS Institute of System Science, in IT outsourcing contracts for over 20 years. She is the Honourable Legal Advisor for Singapore Optometric Association, as well as for the Singapore Institute of Engineering Technologists.
