Contract Law Update 2024

SRA Competency

Level

Update: Requires no prior subject knowledge

CPD

1.25 hours

Viewership

Access for entire organisation

Helen Swaffield

Standard price £40

All prices exclude VAT

Introduction

This all new 2024 contract update webinar includes brand new cases and key developments in commercial law.

What You Will Learn

This webinar will cover the following:

SMIT Salvage - unambiguous communication and intention to be bound
Emojis and WhatsApp - can they equate to a B2B contract?
Small print and burying onerous terms
Mixed status heads of terms - enforceable or not?
The Body Shop - common sense interpretation and implied terms
Crude King Carriers - ‘days’ or ‘clear days’?
Hunters Franchising Ltd - Braganza decision making
Glencore Energy UK - negotiation in good faith
Candey Ltd - revisiting relational contracts after Bates v Post Office
Holman Fenwick Willan LLP - payment guarantee
Downing LLP - the purview of a guarantee
Drax Smart Generation - indemnities and warranties
Cigna Insurance - the end of the Canada Steamship rule when you use indemnities for negligence
Illegal contracts
Fiduciary obligation, negative obligations and performance - based obligations
LDs after termination
Material breach, substantial breach, persistent breach and serious breach explained
Warranty true less warranty false measures of loss revisited
Limitation of liability and refusals to perform after Pinewood Technologies
Dishonest breach - can the exclusion clause still apply?
Deliberate and/or wilful breach - can you carve out from the exclusion clause after AMT Vehicle Rentals
Profit and anticipated profits - are they the same?
The latest on standard terms under UCTA
Primary obligations are exempt from the exclusion clause - Costcutter Supermarkets Group Ltd
Force majeure and asymmetrical clauses after Litasco SA
Third party rights - novation by conduct - Musst Holdings Ltd
Jurisdiction
Competition and data update
Managing AI in your contracts