Course

1.  Law & Contract Law: Backdrop

• Purpose of Law: Statute Law, Common Law, Equity
• Branches of Law: Criminal Law, Civil Law
• Contract & Tort Law: The Difference
• Sources of Contract Law & Tort Law in Singapore
• Civil Jurisdiction of the Courts in Singapore

2.  Formation of a contract

• Five Requirements
• Offer
• Acceptance
• Consideration
• Intention to Create Legal Relations
• Capacity to Contract

3.  Terms/contents Of A Contract

• Terms & Non-Terms/Representation
• Express Terms: Written & Oral and Situations of Conflict
• Implied Terms: Statute, Courts & Custom
• Contractual Terms: Conditions, Warranties or Innominate
• Exclusion Terms: Incorporation, Construction & Statutory Exclusion

4.  Factors Rendering A Contract To Be Ineffective/vitiating Factors

• Mistake
• Misrepresentation
• Duress & Undue Influence
• Illegality

5.  Discharge Of A Contract

• By Agreement: How
• By Performance: Entire, Partial, Substantial, Divisible Contracts, Prevention of
• By Breach: Circumstances of Breach & Anticipatory Breach
• By Frustration: Conditions of Frustration

• Expectation Loss
• Reliance Loss
• Nominal Damages

2. Limitations to Recovery of Damages

• Remotness of Damage
• Liquidated & Unliquidated Damages and Action for an Agreed Sum
• Limitation Period

Anil Dube, LLB (Hons), LLM (London)(Commercial and Corporate Law)

Mr Anil was previously Head of Legal & Compliance at Dennis Wee Realty Pte Ltd from 2010 to 2016. His role involved providing a broad range of primary legal support and legal services to various Business Units within the Company including corporate and contractual matters in the areas of Commercial law, Company Law, Employment Law, Trust Law, Trademarks Privacy, Personal Data, Confidentiality, Landlord/ Tenant, Leases within the APJ Region including Australia and United Kingdom. He has also more than 10 years of experience of conducting law lectures for various private educational institutions.

Dr Quah Lee Kiang PhD, MSc (Maintenance Management), BSc Building, FRICS

Dr Quah is the Director of the Real Estate & Construction Centre and the Real Estate & Construction Academy in Singapore. She has extensive regional and international experience in Project and Facilities Management & Maintenance research, advice and academia. Dr Quah led the EU funded project BE4213 Condition Assessment and Maintenance Strategies for Buildings and Building Components, which among other things, sought to develop an objective building condition assessment system. This project formed part of ongoing research over the last 20 years which culminated in Dutch Standard NEN 2767 on Condition Assessment of Buildings, believed to be a ‘world first’.  Dr Quah’s professional and research affiliations include being Coordinator of the International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction (CIB) Working Commission 70 on Facilities Management and Maintenance for a decade and past President of the Chartered Institute of Building Singapore Centre. She was also a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Asia Board, Singapore Board and Asia Pacific Sustainability Board. Dr Quah was conferred an Honorary Fellow by Oxford Brookes University for her work in real estate and construction education and the unusual impact her career has had on this particular academic field in Asia.

Option 2 (Live Streaming via RECC Elearning Portal)Username and password will be assigned on receipt of registration and course fees.