Construction Law Seminars & Training

Silver Shemmings LLP are pleased to offer training tailored to your particular requirements. Should your interest be on a specific form such as a JCT or ICE contract, the NECECC 3rd Edition, PPC 2000; or a particular topic such as Construction Law, Adjudication, Arbitration, Mediation or Programming and Planning; Silver Shemmings LLP can provide speakers who have both in depth construction experience and a thorough knowledge of the law applicable.   

Courses are developed to ensure delegate participation, to ensure that the seminars are both interesting and informative. Case studies are one of the many training tools used.

Typical subjects that Silver Shemmings LLP address include:

• Avoiding Dispute
  Recognise and minimise potential claim situations in advance and avoid or resolve conflict. Guidance on the efficient resolution of disputes where disputes cannot be avoided.

• Delay and disruption
  Understand the common factors that cause delay and disruption of construction projects. Practical guidance is provided on possible steps to manage delay, to avoid disputes and to producing and defending claims.

• Design and build
  A guide to design and build contracts covering essential contractual issues, objectives and differences to traditional contracting, in easy-to-follow language with case law examples.

• Contract law
  Provides a detailed explanation on topics such as letters of intent, contract formation, warranties, novation, misrepresentation, professional negligence, damages and time and damages at large.

• Claims preparation and claims defence
  Promotes an understanding of basic claim principles, providing guidance on their application and exploring possible tactics when either preparing a construction claim or responding to one.

• Commercial awareness
  Covers key issues and re-occurring problems affecting the daily activities of those working in the construction industry, with practical guidance on dealing with a referral to adjudication.

• Contract administration
  A useful guide to the effective operation and administration of construction contracts and possible management techniques available to safeguard profits and cash flows and problem avoidance and resolution.

• Partnering and PPC2000
  Examines the partnering concept and key issues. The advantages and disadvantages that partnering offers the parties are addressed in a systematic and easy-to-follow approach, together with how the process should be implemented.

• Responsibility for Design
  Provides an understanding of key design issues in construction and raises awareness and understanding of how issues such as design liability can arise and the risks involved.

• Standard Forms of Contracts
  All Standard Forms of contracts including the latest developments in the JCT range of contracts, the ICE, the NECECC 3rd edition and the PPC2000 and TPC2005 contracts.

For more information on these or other related courses please contact us on 0845 345 1244 or email by clicking here.