9 October 202413:00 - 17:30 BST
Online
Member: £275 + VAT (Early booking £245 + VAT) Standard: £325 + VAT (Early booking £365 + VAT)
Available until one month prior
By the end of the course, attendees should be able to:
Agree and record clear, enforceable agreements with non-professional clients
Recognise the ‘consumer protection’ background
Recognise and avoid misunderstandings around fees and variations, delays, and your own and the contractor’s responsibility
Respond to complaints correctly
Communicate effectively and get paid more easily
Senior engineer/Team leader/Manager
Business leader/Director (including SMEs)
Please note that these Practical law courses stand alone, and it's not necessary to take them in numerical order.
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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