L5M3 Managing Contractual Risk Question and Answers

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Adjourning is not a stage. The 6 stages of negotiation are; preparation, opening, discussion, pro-posal, bargaining and agreement. P.64

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Mark needs professional indemnity insurance. Types of insurance is a known exam topic and the study guide does not cover this particularly well. Types of insurance is mentioned on p.25 but Pro-fessional Indemnity Insurance isn't really explained and this does come up in the exam. Professional Indemnity Insurance is needed when your job is to give advice to people (like as a Consultant). It's used for if the advice you give turns out to be bad. For example, if Mark told the building manager he should get ABC Fire Alarm installed, and actually this Fire Alarm doesn't meet the necessary Health and Safety standards, he could get sued by the building manager. He could then claim on his Professional Indemnity Insurance.

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Litigation is the only resolution method which goes 'through the courts'. Therefore this is the correct answer

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This is consequential loss. Brian Air is going to lose the profits from the sales of the flights it had sold. Now those flights won't go ahead Brian Air can claim for consequential loss which would help balance the books.

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Litigation is the correct answer. This is not a way in which a contract can end- it is a conflict resolution method. The three ways in which a contract can end are; performance, agreement and breach. See p. 42 for more details on how contracts end

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This is affirmation of the contract. When a breach occurs the injured party has two options; termi-nate the contract or affirm the contract. In this example they have affirmed the contract- they have chosen to continue working with the offending party. See p.60.

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The answer is liability as the topic is who will take on the liability for being the Principle Designer of the building

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Negotiation isn't an alternative dispute resolution because it's supposed to be the 'default' dispute resolution- the one you automatically do when a problem occurs. Only if negotiation fails should you turn to ADR. P. 142

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Arbitration - this is a binding resolution made by a third party. This answer could be litigation, but that option has been taken by box 6 and you can only use the answers once. Mediation would not be a binding resolution and negotiation doesn't involve a third party.

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A breach of representation is a major/ fundamental breach and allows the innocent party to rescind the contract and claim damages. A Breach of Representation is when you provide false information about who you are- this might have been a fundamental reason as to why the contract went ahead. If it turns out not to be true, the other party has the right to cancel the contract and claim damages. See p.126

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Litigation is the most adversarial. It's usually the last resort and shouldn't be used if you want to preserve the working relationship. P. 145

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Perry should try adjudication. Litigation is public so there would be no confidentiality. Out of the four options only adjudication would provide Perry with what he needs; a binding decision which is confidential. See p.146 for more information on litigation.

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This is a Fundamental Breach. Fundamental Breach and Major Breach are very similar- they're both really bad and can lead to damages and the termination of the contract. The difference is that a Fundamental Breach is so bad that it goes to the root of the contract - a breach so bad that the contract is basically worthless. For example if you make a contract with a supplier to have potatoes delivered but it turns out they don't sell potatoes, only apples, and they keep sending you apples instead of potatoes. This would be a fundamental breach because its something so fundamental to the contract that there's no point in the contract existing if there's a breach like this. Condition Breach and Essence Breach are made up words- they don't exist. P.44

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No - There is no consideration. For a document to be considered a contract there must be consideration. This means something of value must be exchanged. In this example John gives Larry something but Larry doesn't give John anything. Therefore there is no consideration and this is not a contract. See p.12

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This is 'Time is of the Essence' - failure to deliver the food on time will have consequences.