Course description
This virtual classroom seminar will provide a comprehensive introduction to construction law.
Over two days trainees and junior solicitors intending to specialise in construction law and those from a property, engineering or industry background wishing to learn more about this exciting field of law will be given a thorough run through of the legal issues in this practice area.
It is presented by Kai von Pahlen, a senior associate at DAC Beachcroft LLP, who is ranked in both Chambers UK and the Legal 500, and regularly delivers construction law training. Be sure to join him for this invaluable introductory guide and find out about everything from contract formation to collateral warranties and beyond.
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Training Course Content
Introduction
This virtual classroom seminar will provide a comprehensive introduction to construction law.
Over two days trainees and junior solicitors intending to specialise in construction law and those from a property, engineering or industry background wishing to learn more about this exciting field of law will be given a thorough run through of the legal issues in this practice area.
What You Will Learn
This live broadcast will cover the following:
- Contract Formation
- What is a contract and how is it created?
- What are the core rights and duties under a contract?
- Residential Occupiers
- What legal protections apply to them?
- What does the Consumer Rights Act do?
- What is the Defective Premises Act?
- Standard Form Construction Contracts
- What are the key standard form contracts in use in the construction sector in England and Wales?
- The Contract Administrator
- What are the professional consultant's duties when issuing a certificate under a construction contract?
- Certificates
- When should a certificate be issued and what should form it take?
- Extensions of Time
- What are the types of delay to a construction project?
- What might be a critical and non-critical delay?
- What about concurrent delay?
- Liquidated Damages
- What are liquidated damages and why are they used?
- Practical Completion:
- What is the date of practical completion?
- Why is practical completion important?
- Collateral Warranties
- What is a collateral warranty in the context of a construction project?
- Why do parties enter a collateral warranty?
- Is a collateral warranty a construction contract?
- Defects
- What is a defect?
- What are patent and latent defects?
- What are defect liability periods?
- What happens when a defect is discovered?
- What damages can you recover?
- When will a claim become time-barred?
- Adjudication, Arbitration, Court, and Mediation
- What are they?
- Are they mandatory and binding?
- What does each process involve?
- What is the role of the Technology and Construction Court (TCC)?
- Why use arbitration instead of the TCC?
- Why is adjudication so popular in the construction industry?
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