Introduction
Failure to understand contract principles may give rise to unnecessary and costly disputes. The seminar will enable non-legal participants to gain a better understanding of fundamental contract law principles and recognise when a contract is formed and binding, and interpret the terms of a contract more effectively with ease.
Knowing your legal obligations, recognise how a contract may be terminated due to the parties' performance is very critical. The focus will be to understand the various mechanisms for resolving a contractual dispute, dealing with the potential pitfalls and risks when dealing with contracts.
Course Outline
Course Outline
- Understand Key documents and its implications
- Formation of a contract and the process
- Critical terms of a contract
- Misrepresentation & Mistake
- Duress and undue influence
- Illegality Of Contracts
- Performance and breach of contract
- Frustration
- Termination of Contract & Its Consequences
- Damages & Financial Compensation
- Resolving disputes &
- Relevant case studies and discussion
By the end of the workshop, participants would be able to:
- Understand and evaluate contractual principles from the formation contract up to claiming damages
- Participants be able to better understand the legal principles governing a contract, apply these principles relate to different scenario
- Applying contractual principles to commercial disputes that are to be resolved and settled
- Resolving and discussing real life cases required to understand commercial issues in the business in the business world
The Trainer
Trainer’s Profile
Mr. David Shanmugam is an Advocate & Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore and has many years of legal experience in the private sector. He graduated from the University of London with a Bachelor of Law degree and a Master of Business Administration from Victoria University.
Mr. Shanmugam is also a member of the Law Society of Singapore and a member of Singapore Academy of Law. Prior to practice of law, he was working as a counsel for a listed company and in the oil and gas sector. Over the years, he has acquired the necessary skills in handling corporate and commercial work.
He has 16 years of experience in conducting seminars and in-house training for SBF SCAL SMA NUS Extension Centre and Redas Association of Consulting Engineers, Institute of Chartered Accountant and many more platforms.
Mr. Shanmugam has also lectured Company Law, Business Law, Sports Law, Law for Hotel Management for Singapore Institute of Management, James Cook University, Marketing Institute of Singapore as the module leader for law.
He has conducted seminars in Malaysia, Indonesia, and Hong Kong on legal related topics.
