Business Toolkit: Effective contracting and avoiding legal disputes

Event Details

Effective Contracting and Avoiding Legal Disputes

Join Jon Stickland – partner and head of the commercial contracts team at Trethowans for this online Business Toolkit workshop. Jon has over 25 years’ experience as a commercial contracts lawyer. Jon advises a variety of clients from FTSE 100 companies through to start-ups, in relation to a wide range of contracts.

Session details:

• An introduction to the requirements for a contract, and why they’re important.

• Understanding the importance of only entering into a contract when you’re ready, and not before.

• Requirements for contracts differ depending on whether you’re buying or selling goods/services, so we will provide some top tips from both perspectives to protect the contracting party’s position and avoid disputes.

Learning Outcomes:

1. When contracts arise and why they’re important

2. Avoiding entering into a contract inadvertently

3. Top tips for contracts for the purchase of goods/services

4. Top tips for contracts for the sale of goods/services

Anyone responsible for contracts within their organisation, including members of the in-house legal team or people in the finance, procurement, sales or marketing teams.

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