Practical law: client appointments and terms of engagement: a legal toolkit

It aims to empower engineers to scrutinise commercial issues, assess potential implications and risks, and adeptly devise innovative negotiating strategies. Collaborative activities apply genuine client contracts to craft pragmatic solutions.

Learning outcomes

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

Intended for

• Senior engineer/Team leader/Manager

• Business leader/Director (inc SMEs)