Applications for the Certificate in Commercial Contracts are still being accepted. This course provides an understanding of the fundamental competencies required when drafting, reviewing and negotiating commercial agreements.

Experienced practitioners provide drafting tips and best practice recommendations on how to ensure that your commercial contracts provide legal and commercial certainty. The course begins with drafting advice, examining standard boilerplate provisions, before considering issues pertinent to specific practice areas in more depth, such as consumer law, data protection and technology and e-commerce.

Learning outcomes

Participants will obtain:

• a comprehensive understanding of specific areas of commercial contracts;

• knowledge of the necessary skillset required of the commercial practitioner, including drafting, structuring and advising on a wide array of business arrangements across numerous industry sectors;

• an insight into recent judicial decisions and legislative and procedural developments; and

• a greater understanding of the role of the commercial practitioner.

This course would be of interest to public sector, private sector and in-house solicitors who deal with commercial contracts on a daily basis, trainee solicitors and students seeking to expand their knowledge of the commercial industry, or barristers who practice in the areas of commercial litigation, chancery and contract law.

This course has commenced. However, lectures are available to view on playback. For further information, go to www.lawsociety.ie/diplomacentre or contact course leader Geraldine Rafferty, by emailing g.rafferty@lawsociety.ie.