Course 4
COURSE 4 - HANDLING CLAIMS AND DISPUTES
SUITABLE FOR
All staff of specialist companies involved with any contractual or payment aspects of construction projects.
PROVIDES
- A practical review of effective handling of claims (incoming and outgoing; real and spurious).
- A review on disputes; contractual mugging and related problems.
AIMS
- To provide a clear understanding of the legal background to claims.
- How to deal with spurious claims and other types of contractual or financial abuse.
- How to minimise and if necessary deal with disputes; and how to prepare valid claims.
COURSE CONTENT
- Claims
- Breach of contract
- Scope of damages
- Mitigation of loss
- Quantification of damages for breach of contract
- Actual loss vs. liquidated damages
- Delay, distruption and acceleration claims
- Direct loss and/or expense
- Money claims/Extension of tim claims
- Set-off
- Resisting spurious claims
- Presenting valid claims
- Specific or global claims?
- Contractual remedies
- Adjudication
- Legal remedies
- Resolving disputes
- Methods of resolving disputes
LOCATIONS AND DATES
The John Huxtable Centre, Aldershot 13 December 2011, 13 December 2012
Redfern Contracts Consultants, Burton-on-Trent 29 March 2012
For further information about the course locations please on the links above
COSTS
Members - £200 + VAT
Non - Members £350 + VAT
For a reservation form please click here
CITB-ConstructionSkills Grant:
IOCS courses are approved by ConstructionSkills. Companies registered with CITB-ConstructionSkills can claim a grant of £17.50 per person per day for courses 1 to 15.
