ENGR 4760

LAW AND ETHICS FOR ENGINEERS

LAW REVIEW

Winter 2018
Ron Gavrin
 PPE Course ENGR 4760 course outline and schedule
( subject to change by instructor –Mar 1, 2018)
Tuesday Thursday

.Quiz
Introduction to course and PPE exam History of Engineering,
ON Regn 941 *** - PEO Ethics
Canadian legal system, Business org’n forms. Torts Law Quiz

Torts topics – Limitations, Damages Contract Law Quiz

Contracts topics – Breach, Fundamental, Contracts – PMI & Tenders –A/B Quiz

Discharge, Voidable, Remedies, mistakes, etc.

Construction contracts – PMI –risk, process. Property Law Quiz

Contract : Risk, Liens, Delay and Claims , ADR Employment Law Quiz

Environment &Aboriginal Law Law – Internet, Privacy, Quiz

Law Review Law Exam

Ethics introduction History of Engineering (repeat). Quiz

PEO Processes, Orgn, Definitions. Regulation 941 review Quiz

Regulation 941 review and cases Quiz

Regulation 941 review
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Ethics review Prof. Ethics Exam

TOPICS COVERED
 History common law
 History of Engineering
 Cdn Legal system,
Business orgn, ADR
 Tort Law – response
format, Principles,
 Types of Tort - disclaimer
 Liability, Limitations,
Mistakes
 Contract – elements,
voidable, discharge,
Breach, Fundamental
 Remedies, Damages, types
 Tender kn A, mistake
 PM contracts – risk, type,
process
 Insurance, Bond,
Holdbacks, trust, Liens
 Property, Employment
 Environment, Aboriginal
 Privacy, Internet.
 Cases: Donaghue,Hedley
Byrne, Ron Eng., Harbutt,
Hunter
PART B LAW CASES – TYPES TO EXPECT
In Part B – Law:

 Tort Law case likely to be:

 General Tort
 Concurrent tort feasors
 Tort with disclaimers

 Contract Law case likely to be:

 Fundamental Breach of Contract ie Harbutt Plasticine &
Hunter Eng.
 Tendering Contract A ie. Ron Engineering
 Promissory or Equitable Estoppel
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 Employment Contract
LAW QUESTION 1 TOPICS LIST -1
 Equitable Estoppel
 Secret commission
 Gratuitous Promise
 Discoverability
 Exemption Clause
 Statutory holdback
 Parole Evidence Rule
 Liquidated damages
 Limitation Period in Torts.
 ADR
 Vicarious liability
 Duress
 Common law.
 5 inappropriate conduct in
 Specific performance. workplace. Human rights
 Enforceable contract code.
elements  Contra proferentem
 DRB- dispute resolution  Contacts limitations period
board
 Frustration
 True construction approach
 Corp Dir. Std of Care
 Fraudulent
misrepresentation 5
LAW QUESTION 1 TOPICS LIST -2
 New York Convention
 Directors Fiduciary Duty
 Unilateral Mistake
 Bid shopping
 Why arbitration in international contracts.
 Example of Breach of Contract A
 Consideration
 Arbitration enforceable internationally – how?
 Contract A in tendering
 Discoverability in limitation periods
 Mediation vs Arbitration
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