Managing Local Government Contracts

Benefits for Staff

As a result of attending this training participants will be able to:

• Understand law of contract principles
• Identify risks associated with contracts
• Apply techniques for managing contracts
• Avoid potential contractual problems

Overview

It is not necessary to be a lawyer to effectively establish and manage contracts - though an understanding of the principles of contract law and strategies for managing contracts is fundamental to:

• Establish a workable contract for service
• Avoid uncertainty and dispute about contract conditions
• Avoid inadvertently being bound to a contract
• Establish and maintain service standards

This one day course is designed to provide Council staff managing and working with contracts with an overview of contract law and how to successfully manage contracts.

Topics include:

• An overview of contract management law
• Establishing a contract
• Managing a contract
• Common problems that arise in contracts
• Legal interpretation of contracts
• Dispute resolution in relation to contracts
• Risk management and contracts

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