Contracts for Engineering Projects in English Anfangsdatum  :   24.06.2010 Dauer  :   2 Tage Ort  :   Essen

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Seminar Aims
• Participants will learn something of the legal background to contracts and at the same time be intro-duced to the special “Legal English” terminology often used in contract and contract negotiations.
• The seminar is held in English so that participants can learn, develop and activate their English language skills.

Group of participants
This seminar is designed to assist people in engineering and construction business confronted with contracts and contract documents based on the Anglo-American (or “Common Law”) style.

Participants have reported
how the seminar provides a general introduction to the Anglo-American concept of a contract so that the participants soon became aware of a definite “aha effect” in relation to misunderstandings and problems already experienced. The participants also praised the “easy-to-follow” introduction to the subject, the way the individual components were structured as well as the presentation of the material by the moderator. „This is a very informative and interesting seminar in a small group held in with a positive learning environment. It is an excellent basis for a better understanding of business partners and contracts in English.“
“It was really an excellent training given by Mr. Bugg, because we did not only learn about legal English but could also bring in a lot of cases and questions from our work ! Beyond the language issue he gave a lot of legal advice related to contracts, too, which I did not expect but was very useful! In addition there were a lot of comparisons between Common Law and Civil Law which were definitively very useful - the strength of Mr.
Bugg is that he is familiar with both “systems” and also knows how to teach the differences to an audience that usually has the German system in mind. Excellent!`



Seminar Aims - Participants Expectations

What is a contract?
development of Anglo-American commercial contracts - what is a contract ? - must in be writing? - when is it binding ? - when is a contract formed? - what types of contracts are there ?

Contract English
specialised vocabulary - “magic” phrases and terms - rules of grammar and punctuation in contracts - rules of interpretation and understanding - “legalese” - controlling negotiation development

Contract Structure
the parties - “rights” and “duties` - preamble and introduction - use of numbers and headings - general and specific provisions - divisions into clauses and paragraphs

Purchase and Sales Contracts
rôle play in groups - interpreting contract language

Boilerplate Clauses
standard legal clauses - time-limits and deadlines - administration of contracts - breaches of contract – liability

Standard Project Contracts
construction - engineering - design – planning

Contract Drafting
rôle play in teams - recognising mistakes - redrafting phrases and suggesting changes

Template Contracts and Clauses
“translating” contracts from “normal” to Legal English - “model” contracts - types and forms of contract - contract checklists - contracts and the business world - negotiating contracts


Booking conditions/Special remarks
The 1st participant of your company has to pay the full fee. The 2nd and any further participant of your company may book for a reduced fee of €850.- (Group prices are only available if participants are booked in a common account). If you wish, we do the hotel reservation for you. Please forward your details to anmeldung@hdt-essen.de.

Please note: If Attendees from NRW fulfil the qualifications of the “NRW Bildungscheck” they could obtain a 500 € subsidy for professional training! For further information please take a look at http://www.hdtessen. de/htd/aktuell/bildungsschecks.html


For more information please contact:
b.doleschel@hdt-essen.de

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