- Intermediate * 3 hours CPD
This course is designed for all those involved in the retainer of the solicitor by the client and in risk management. It will deal primarily with limitation of liability by contract and ensuring any limitation has the best prospects of avoiding being struck down as unreasonable or unfair; the professional obligations of a solicitor to the client in seeking to limit liability; the use of contentious business agreements and their effect; sophisticated variations on a standard limitation; the use of LLPs as a route to limit liability and other methods of risk management.
- Limiting liability by contract
- Variations to the standard or basic limitation
- Unfair Contract Terms Act
- Professional Obligations
- Contentious Business Agreements
- LLPs and other risk management tools