Engineering New Zealand has announced new dates for their popular Negligence and Liability for Engineers Course.
The course will be presented by a lawyer - Susan Thodey together with Stuart Meakins of Laonda ltd.
The course will initially be presented during November 2019 at locations in Auckland, Waikato, Wellington and Canterbury with the hope of adding further dates and locations during the first half of 2020.
Course outline
With a focus on engineers’ potential legal liabilities and how they might be avoided, this course will cover:
The legal principles imposing liability on engineers.
How those legal principles apply to the engineer’s everyday work with practical examples of when liability will arise.
Identifying situations and behaviours that may lead to a claim being made.
The legal and professional consequences of legal liability
What practical steps can be taken to avoid and minimize exposure to claims.
A review of recent events that illustrate the legal liability exposure engineers face i.e. Lacrosse, Grenfell, Victopia and CTV.
Understanding your insurance policy and making sure it works for you.
Delegates will gain:
An understanding of how the law approaches questions of an engineer’s liability.
An appreciation of how some practices you encounter in the workplace could expose one to claims and of the consequences that flow from this.
An understanding of some steps one can take to ensure that one does not face those claims and if they do how to manage them.
An appreciation of what you insurance policy may and may not cover.
Dates and Locations
6 November - Auckland
14 November - Waikato
19 November - Canterbury
28 November - Wellington
For further information and to reserve you place please visit the Engineering New Zealand website.