Description
Talk outline:
- Duty of care
- Relationship between contractual duty and duty of care in tort
- Professional standard
- Duty of construction professionals to relevant parties
- Non-delegable duties.
Professional Negligence in Construction
Talk outline:
- Duty of care
- Relationship between contractual duty and duty of care in tort
- Professional standard
- Duty of construction professionals to relevant parties
- Non-delegable duties.
Highlight: Please note that this training session has been postponed until further notice.
CPD Points: 2
Event Code:
T3/26032020/SLB/SLB194848/2
T3/26032020/SLB/SLB194848/2
Speaker
Dr Teng Kam Wah holds a PhD in construction law from the University of Malaya. He obtained both his LLB Hons and LLM degrees from the University of London. He first graduated with a science degree from the University of Malaya where he was awarded the University of Malaya Book Prize.
He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. He was, for a brief period, the Group Legal Manager of one of the largest construction, infrastructure and property development companies in Malaysia.
He was the 1st prize winner of the Vincent Powell-Smith Competition in construction law. He has more than twenty law articles published in journals. He has taught law part time at the University of Malaya.
He is the author of the book Construction Defect Claims in Malaysia (Sweet & Maxwell, 2019). He practises in construction dispute resolution as counsel, adjudicator and arbitrator.
Terms and Conditions
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Transferral
You are allowed to transfer your place to another participant, but you must notify the organiser with the necessary details.
Attendance
CPD points will not be awarded to lawyers and pupils in chambers from Peninsular Malaysia who arrive more than 15 minutes late, are not present throughout the event, or leave before its scheduled end.
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