Business Law

(A 2-day seminar on laws affecting Companies/Firms for Managers & Directors)

Ignorance of the law is no defence. You do not need to have legal knowledge to attend this course. This course provides participants with a working knowledge of business laws so that they can conduct their business effectively within the laws.

Get a thorough understanding of the principles of laws affecting your businesses such as company laws, workplace, safety and health laws, insolvency laws and learn how to protect your ideas, products, trade-marks, copyrights and trade secrets including business ethics and corporate social responsibility from the author/lecturer herself in this course. Participants will also benefit from the interactive sessions with the lecturer.

Case-studies and case presentations will be discussed. Video training materials will be used to enhance learning.

Course Outline

Singapore Legal System

• civil and criminal laws
• court system
• mediation & arbitration
• execution of judgment debts
  

Managing Business Contracts including under Competition Law

• anti-competitive agreements
• abuse of dominant position
• mergers & acquisitions
• interpretation of contractual terms
• managing contracts and termination
• breach of contracts
  

Intellectual Property Rights Management

• protecting your business ideas and inventions
• patents, copyrights, trade marks and service marks
• managing trade secrets and law of confidence
  

Managing Company with Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility

• directors duties & liabilities
• corporate governance
  

Business Torts - wrongful acts

• negligence
  
• employer’s liability
  • vicarious liability
    
  • occupier’s liability & dangerous premises
• product liability
  
  • defective products
• inducing breach of contract
  
• contract restraining work elsewhere
  
• tort of passing off

Workplace, Safety and Health Laws

• duty of employer
• duty of manufacturer and supplier
• duty of persons at work
• general penalties
  

Debt Collection & Recovery Procedures

• letter of demand
• write of seizure and sale
• bankruptcy and winding-up
• company receivership
• judicial management of companies