Portfolio for Construction Law

This module assists me to understand more about construction law in Malaysia. The topics are being covered in Construction Law are:

Lecture 1: Building Contracts : General Principles & Formation of Contract
Lecture 2: Standard Form of Building Contract
Lecture 3: Sub-Contractors and Suppliers
Lecture 4: Litigation, Arbitration, Adjudication & Mediation
Lecture 5: Written Documents
Lecture 6: Obligations of parties: CQS Memorandum of Agreement
Lecture 7: Remedies for Breach
Lecture 8: Contractual Claims
Lecture 9: Tort
Lecture 10: Law relating to Payment
Lecture 11: Laws relating to Land: National Land Code 1965
Lecture 12: Construction Statutes

Two courseworks are being given under this module which are seminar and loss & expense assessment. There will be different seminar leaders for each week. Students had to revise what had been taught in the lecture class and case laws regarding that chapter will be explained further. By this, I have learned how to be more confident on myself by carrying out the presentation, this would help if I need to do presentation to the client, I would be confident of myself. Besides that, I learned lots of case law throughout this seminar as all the case law are being explained clearly by providing description and what's the court decision.

Loss & expense assessment is a group assignment. This assignment helps me to understand team dynamics and mobilise the power of teams and assume leadership. I learned how to access a project's loss & expense claim. Besides that, I also learned how to assess the preliminaries item by dividing them into initial cost, recurring cost and completion cost. There is also assessment on legal factor for this assignment which shows that I am able to analyze, interpret and apply the relevant clause/law. Furthermore, there is a column about the general assessment of all the loss & expense claim which enable me to providing evidence of reasoned advice regarding to the contractual claims and interpretation of any discrepancies of the loss & expense claim. By doing this assignment, it enable me to put theories into practice, understand ethical issue and professional practice of construction law.