8 April 202510:00 - 17:30 BST
Online
Member early booking: £325 + VAT Member: £365 + VAT Standard: £485 + VAT
Available until one month prior
By the end of the course, attendees should be able to:
Analyse and interpret key issues recurring in client-led appointments.
Evaluate and avoid clauses concerning strict liability, fitness for purpose, and unfair warranty obligations.
Assess and formulate responses to attempts aiming to transfer risk for variations, delays, and unforeseen events from client to engineer.
Recognise the implications of assignment, staff naming, coordination duties, and third-party design responsibilities.
Appraise and negotiate in reaction to exclusion and limitation clauses.
Critically examine conditions precedent and their impact on the profit margin.
Senior engineer/Team leader/Manager
Business leader/Director (inc SMEs)
Rob took an MA in Law, then qualified both as a Barrister and as a Solicitor and has 40 years’ experience of engineering and construction law. Before specialising in training and consultancy, he was a law firm partner practicing in this expert field. He has been retained by numerous Professional Indemnity insurers and has represented and defended hundreds of Engineers and other design professionals. A Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Rob is a busy Construction Adjudicator, and a CMC-registered Civil Mediator.
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