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Yahoo
4 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Advanced Understanding and Drafting Oil and Gas Industry Contracts Training Course: Upstream Contract Developments, Liability Clauses, Dispute Resolution, and More (ONLINE EVENT: July 1, 2025)
Enhance your expertise in the dynamic oil and gas sector with our one-day training course.. Ideal for lawyers and contracts managers, earn 6 CPD hours and a certificate of completion. Register now! Dublin, June 02, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Advanced Understanding and Drafting Oil and Gas Industry Contracts Training Course" training has been added to offering. This intensive one-day oil and gas industry training course will bring you up to date on current practice and developments, and ensure you understand the implications of the contracts you are working with. The oil and gas industry is fast-moving and complex, and the legal and regulatory framework of upstream oil industry contracts is constantly changing. It's critical that all lawyers, commercial and contracts managers working in this sector are up-to-speed with latest contractual developments and their implications. This training course focuses on general contract terms - terms which are common to all types of agreements and have an enormous impact - including: Contractual liabilities and indemnities Hold harmless clauses Dispute resolution clauses Contractual guarantees and warranties Risk identification and allocation General obligations of the parties Jurisdictional issues Why you should attend By attending this course you will: Understand the mindset of the English Judiciary in relation to these complex contracts Learn about the potential consequences of implied terms Get to grips with the differences between indemnity, exclusion, and limitation of liability clauses Master the intricacies of hold harmless clauses Gain insights into bilateral and multilateral investment treaties Understand the problems encountered when working in different jurisdictions Familiarise yourself with the methods of dealing with contract disputes Certification: CPD: 6 hours for your records Certificate of completion Who Should Attend: In-house lawyers Procurement managers Contract managers Contract analysts Contract engineers representing international petroleum companies Contractors and sub-contractors to the petroleum industry together with host governments Key Topics Covered: Drafting contracts and interpreting contracts Contracts set out the mutual promises of the parties Understanding the mindset of the English Judiciary Principles of interpretation Drafting to withstand judicial scrutiny Express terms and implied terms How to set out what you want Beware the potential consequences of the implied term! Risk allocation - part 1: Liquidated damages and penalty clauses Liquidated damages - definition and drafting Delay liquidated damages and performance liquidated damages Performance guarantees Key performance clauses Risk allocation - part 2: Indemnity and hold harmless clauses Indemnity - why the need? Distinction between indemnity clauses and exclusion clauses and limitation of liability clauses Distinction between indemnity and guarantee Simple indemnity and mutual indemnity Importance of drafting - judicial suspicion UKCS Mutual Hold Harmless Regime Contracting with Governments Host government rights and obligations Political risks Sovereign immunity Stabilization clauses in international petroleum contracts Bilateral and multilateral investment treaties The importance and implications of international arbitration clauses Assistance, consents Local content requirements Dealing with disputes in oil and gas contracts Choice of method Litigation Arbitration Mediation Expert determinations Specific problems encountered when working within different jurisdictions Applicable laws Host government petroleum regimes Host government contracts International practice Anti-corruption regulations Changes in law Final questions Speakers: Scott Styles University of Aberdeen Law School Scott C. Styles is senior lecturer at the University of Aberdeen Law School. He is Assistant Editor of Daintith and Willoughby, the leading book on UK oil and gas law. He has many years experience of teaching and researching oil and gas law, with a particular focus on regulatory matters and contracting. For more information about this training visit About is the world's leading source for international market research reports and market data. We provide you with the latest data on international and regional markets, key industries, the top companies, new products and the latest trends. CONTACT: CONTACT: Laura Wood,Senior Press Manager press@ For E.S.T Office Hours Call 1-917-300-0470 For U.S./ CAN Toll Free Call 1-800-526-8630 For GMT Office Hours Call +353-1-416-8900Error while retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error while retrieving data Error while retrieving data Error while retrieving data Error while retrieving data
Free Malaysia Today
5 days ago
- General
- Free Malaysia Today
CLP needs a more hands-on approach
From Mable Leong Recently, Hamid Sultan Abu Backer, a former Court of Appeal judge, called for a much-needed revamp of Malaysia's Certificate in Legal Practice and the broader legal training framework in his piece 'Act now to reform CLP and legal training in Malaysia' (FMT, May 7). As someone who has gone through the CLP and later completed the Victorian Bar's Readers' Course in Melbourne through a scholarship from International Justice Mission Australia, I strongly agree that reform is overdue. Heavy on theory, light on practice The CLP is a tough and compact nine-month course. It tests five major subjects through 100% written examinations. The Professional Practice paper alone spans such topics as land law, probate, administration of estates, bankruptcy, winding up, and the Legal Profession Act, all in one paper. While preparing for the CLP builds legal knowledge and sharpens exam skills, the training is heavily academic. It emphasises what you know — not how you use it. Students must memorise statutes, case law, and procedural steps, and reproduce them under strict exam conditions, often with limited room for deeper discussion or practical application. I was fortunate to pass on my first attempt, largely due to sheer discipline. I recorded our lectures and played them while commuting, running on the treadmill, or doing chores. My walls were plastered with notes to memorise cases, and I regularly exchanged notes with friends from other tuition centres. But even with all that effort, the focus remained on recall — not readiness for real-world legal work. There were no opportunities to practise advocacy, argue bail, draft pleadings, or cross-examine witnesses. We read about practice, but didn't practise it. A skills-based approach By contrast, the Victorian Bar Readers' Course in Melbourne is deliberately skills-based. Only about 40 candidates are admitted per intake, many of them experienced solicitors or mature candidates. Over nine intensive weeks, we were trained in both civil and criminal procedure, taught to draft pleadings, prepare police moots, and even manage a legal practice – particularly important in Australia, where barristers operate as sole practitioners. The experience was immersive. We conducted live advocacy exercises, examined witnesses, and received practical, personal feedback from senior barristers and judges. One of the most memorable sessions was a moot assessed by the late George Hampel KC, a former Supreme Court judge widely regarded as a pioneer in advocacy training. He often quoted Oscar Wilde's 'Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery' to encourage us to learn by observing skilled advocates. During one session, he pointed out that I smiled too much while cross-examining. While well-intentioned, smiling in court can undercut your authority and persuasiveness, he explained — a subtle but valuable lesson in courtroom decorum. Since I was particularly interested in human rights, I was also placed under senior barristers like Julian McMahon and Anne Hasan, both widely respected human rights advocates. Learning under their mentorship not only sharpened my legal thinking but deepened my understanding of law as a tool for justice and social impact. Bloom's Taxonomy The contrast becomes even clearer when framed through Bloom's Taxonomy, a well-known educational model that categorises learning into cognitive levels (Remember, Understand, Apply, Analyse, Evaluate, and Create). CLP focuses on the foundational tiers: Remember: memorising case law and statutes; Understand: explaining doctrines and procedures The Victorian Bar Readers' Course engages the upper levels: Apply, Analyse, Evaluate, and Create, through simulations, feedback, and reflective learning Both systems have value, but the difference lies in where they stop. While the CLP grounds students in legal knowledge, the Victorian model carries them further, into application, synthesis, and judgment. Looking forward Of course, no single model fits all. But there's value in exploring how we might complement our current system with more hands-on, practice-oriented elements. Introducing structured opportunities for advocacy, supervised simulations, and formative feedback could bridge the gap between academic knowledge and real-world legal skills. If the aim is to nurture capable, thoughtful, and practice-ready lawyers, then rethinking how we train them is a conversation worth having. (Editor's note: The Oscar Wilde quotation in full reads: 'Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery that mediocrity can pay to greatness.') Mable Leong is a former litigation lawyer and an FMT reader. The views expressed are those of the writer and do not necessarily reflect those of FMT.
Yahoo
7 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Contract Law Update - The Latest Case Law In Practice (Online Course: July 25, 2025)
Reduce Your Contract Risk Profile and Tighten Up Your Contract Clauses Dublin, May 30, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Contract Law Update - The Latest Case Law In Practice Training Course" has been added to offering. This highly interactive course covers all the latest developments in contract law. It develops practical points from the cases from the last 18 months, and explains their relevance through practical drafting examples and discussions. This intensive programme will ensure delegates are aware of all the main issues relevant to contracts, their formation, operation and termination. Whether supplying or buying goods, services or intellectual property, all those involved with contracts will gain the necessary latest knowledge of the law needed in this field. Benefits of Attending Learn about the latest case law relating to contracts Examine the impact the latest case law has on your contracts Understand how to use this information in practice Get to grips with contract interpretation and implied terms Reduce your contract risk profile and tighten up your contract clauses Certification CPD: 6 hours for your records Certificate of completion Who Should Attend? In-house lawyers Private practice lawyers Contract managers and professionals Paralegals and trainee solicitors Business development managers Procurement managers Purchasing managers Others whose work regularly brings them into contact with contracts Key Topics Covered Introduction Formation of a contract Offers or ITTs Parties Burying onerous terms and incorporation Deeds gone wrong Interpretation and implied terms How to interpret a contract Which terms can be implied and in what circumstances? Good faith and discretion The status of good faith in English Law When can a decision be attached for being capricious? Guarantees and indemnities Primary guarantees 'on demand' Secondary obligations to perform or to pay 6 types of indemnities Obligations and endeavours Innominate, warranty or a condition - how do you tell? New tests for reasonable endeavours Breach of contract and damages The difference between repudiatory and material breach How to handle non-performance Liquidated damages or penalties? Other remedies Failure of basis and abandonment Misrepresentation Unjust enrichment and duress Limitation of liability Drafting exclusion clauses that work Latest guidance on reasonableness Boilerplates Force majeure - Covid and Ukraine The entire agreement clause Dispute resolution and variations Smart contracts Contracting in natural language or code? SpeakerHelen Swaffield Barrister in Commercial and Public Law Helen Swaffield is a practising Barrister with over 25 years' experience in Commercial and Public Law including commercial contracts and regulation, EU Law, international outsourcing and procurement, competition, franchising, supply and distribution and IPR. Helen appears in the High Court, Commercial Court and Technology and Construction Court as well as commercial arbitrations and adjudications. Helen has a French Law accreditation and has a diploma in EU Law from the University of Strasbourg. Having worked at both the EU Commission and the EU Court, she speaks French and reads Spanish. Helen has drafted commercial, public and health sector contracts and has developed precedents and templates for industry use. She is regularly consulted to mitigate business risks and resolve claims and other disputes before litigation. Helen is the editor of and contributor to the Commercial Litigation Journal and the Procurement and Outsourcing more information about this training visit About is the world's leading source for international market research reports and market data. We provide you with the latest data on international and regional markets, key industries, the top companies, new products and the latest trends. CONTACT: CONTACT: Laura Wood,Senior Press Manager press@ For E.S.T Office Hours Call 1-917-300-0470 For U.S./ CAN Toll Free Call 1-800-526-8630 For GMT Office Hours Call +353-1-416-8900
CNA
13-05-2025
- Business
- CNA
New programme to tackle AI disruption, rising early-career attrition in legal profession
A new programme to give junior lawyers a strong start in their careers will be launched this month. Among the skills are practical training, AI tools and a module on self leadership. One of its key aims is to tackle the fact that more lawyers are leaving the profession. A survey last year had said almost two-thirds said they will hang up their robes in five years' time. CNA speaks to the Singapore Academy of Law's CEO Yeong Zee Kin.
Free Malaysia Today
09-05-2025
- Politics
- Free Malaysia Today
Implement Common Bar Course to address CLP under-performance, says lawyer
Former Selangor Bar chief V Kokila Vaani says the proposed Common Bar Course, if properly implemented, can enhance legal training in Malaysia and produce competent, practice-ready lawyers. PETALING JAYA : A lawyer is calling for the government to introduce the Common Bar Course (CBC) immediately to tackle the poor performance of aspiring lawyers at the recent Certificate in Legal Practice (CLP) examination. Vince Tan. Vince Tan said the legal profession has long recognised the need for the CBC to be put in place. 'We keep talking about it, but it has yet to be implemented,' he told FMT. Tan, a director of the Young Lawyers Community, also called for private universities to raise the entry requirements for law schools to ensure only 'the best of the best' enter the profession. Last year, deputy law and institutional reform minister M Kulasegaran said the government was looking at introducing the CBC with the aim of meeting international standards, particularly the UK's Bar Professional Training Course. A recent follow-up with the deputy minister revealed that the Legal Profession Qualifying Board (LPQB) was in the process of drawing up a proposed structure for the CBC, before setting up a research team comprising academics from local universities to develop a draft curriculum. A report recently released by the LPQB also spoke of the 'poor' to 'average' command of English among CLP candidates, inadequate preparation, failure to understand questions, the regurgitation of model answers, and a refusal to take the examination seriously. V Kokila Vaani. Former Selangor Bar chief V Kokila Vaani said the proposed CBC would involve continuous assessments instead of relying solely on a one-off examination. She said this would allow for better evaluation of key skills such as legal reasoning, advocacy, communication and client interaction, which were crucial for real-world legal practice but often overlooked in traditional academic assessments. Kokila said the CBC, if properly implemented, would enhance legal training in Malaysia and produce competent, practice-ready lawyers. Six-month internships Apart from the CBC, the LPQB report also recommended that CLP candidates undergo a six-month internship with legal firms before being allowed to sit for the examination. Justin Yap, a CLP graduate from the 2019 class, said he supported the proposal as the examination was heavily theoretical, despite law being a practice-oriented profession. 'An internship at a law firm would expose candidates to real-world legal work and deepen their understanding of how legal principles apply in practice. However, the internship must be well-structured,' he said. Tan said while internships were important, they may not be sufficient to prepare law graduates for legal practice. He said a six-month internship may be ineffective if interns were only given routine clerical tasks, such as photocopying, instead of engaging in real legal work. 'True learning starts in pupillage,' he said.
