Seminars

Running a business – what risk? Are you really aware of your legal responsibilities?

Prisma Associates runs a number of seminars to help you understand your responsibilities and minimise the risk to your business. These are either one-day courses or tailor-made company in-house training programmes.

Directors Responsibilities and Liabilities – Manage the Risk and be Successful

Course objective:
Create awareness of your duties, responsibilities and liabilities as a Director and
Employer, and manage the exposure to risks within your company and to you.
Who should attend:
Directors and Company Secretaries.

Why:

The potential risks are heavy
compensatory awards, large fines or liquidation imposed on your company
large fines to you as an individual worst eventuality – fines and IMPRISONMENT!
Subjects covered:
The Course deals with the various issues that represent a risk of liability as a direct result of your actions and the actions of your employees dealing with – Companies Act, Health and Safety Act, Environmental Act, Data Protection Act, Employment Act, Contractual Issues, Insurance Issues, Ethics and Intellectual Property.

For locations, dates and cost:

e: annespanton@prisma-associates.com

Contractual Awareness – Avoiding the Pitfalls

Course objective:

Create awareness and understanding of the Contract Documents without the legal jargon.

Who should attend:
Engineers, Contract Engineers, Project Engineers, Project Managers, Senior Managers and Directors.

Why:

To assist managing your Projects Efficiently and Effectively
to avoid financial losses on your projects and Liquidation
to avoid the exposure to excessive LAD’s
to avoid the ‘scams’ to charge fictitious costs and to resist the ‘bullying’!

Subjects covered:

The course provides a basic understanding of Contracts; what forms the contract; negotiating tactics, scope of work; variations; instructions; programme; delays; extensions of time; monitoring progress; hazards of non standard contracts; negligence; late payment, and some magic words to help protect you when in doubt. It also includes a basic understanding of Parent Company Guarantees, Collateral Warranties and Performance Bonds.

For locations, dates and cost:

e: annespanton@prisma-associates.com

Contractual Awareness – Understanding CDM Regulations

Course objective:

Create an understanding of The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 1994, to ensure that your Company is competent under the Regulations and complies with the Requirements

Who should attend:

Engineers, Contracts Engineers, Project Managers, Contracts Managers, Designers, Senior Managers and Directors

Why:
Non compliance with the CDM regulations can spell major losses and incur heavy penalties.

Subjects covered:

This course provides an understanding of the contractual requirements, application and implication of the CDM Regulations – avoiding the potential to incur major losses on CDM projects, managing the exposure of risk of being non-compliant, and the penalties for breach of the Regulations. It also includes dealing with the consequences affecting Parent Company Guarantees, Collateral Warranties and Performance Bonds.

For locations, dates and cost:
e: annespanton@prisma-associates.com