Description

Under the Consumer Protection Act (CPA) of Ontario, most agreements for a product or service that costs more than $50.00 must be in writing. Contracts are different depending on their purpose. But under the Consumer Protection Act, all contracts must contain common details to make sure the rights of the contracting parties are protected.

Contract Law for Non-Lawyers is a practical course that will take the participants in a path to discover the essentials of contract law, the elements that are required for a contract to be legally binding, as well as, the types of contracts protected by regulations.

Furthermore, this short but intensive course will allow the training participants to learn the critical ingredients required for a good contract, and how and when a contact can be canceled.

PROGRAM OBJECTIVES

Upon completion of this course, participants will have a sound understanding about:

• The implications of a contract offer
• The essential ingredients of a contract
• How to identify the elements that can make a contract enforceable
• The steps involved in the process of creating good contracts
• What should be considered as acceptable contract forms and contact content
• How to review a contract from a risk management perspective
• The statutory impact of contract law
• When contracts can be cancelled or terminated

LEARNING OUTCOMES:

By the end of this course, participants should be able to:

• Use the right elements to produce good contracts
• Create contracts that can be enforced
• Use the correct contract forms for different contract cases
• Use the correct content for different contract cases
• Review contracts according to legal principles
• Recognize conflicts and pre-emptively mitigate potential issues with new and existing contracts
• Recognize contractual errors
• Put in place remedials for contract breach

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

Individuals involved in drafting or editing contracts, and those employers and staff members wanting more knowledge about how contracts may impact themselves and their organisations, including:

Contract Managers
Construction Managers
Project Managers
Contractors
Site Managers
Business Owners
HR Managers
Operations Managers and Supervisors