Description
Legal concepts and basics relevant to professional engineers including: the basic
structure of the Canadian legal system, basics of business organizations; application
of tort law principles in determining liability for negligence; limitation periods; essential
elements and principles of contract law including grounds upon which a contract may
be impeached; tendering issues, interpretation, discharge and breach of contracts;
contracts limiting liability; engineering and other specific types of contracts; the
Professional Engineers Act regulatory aspects; construction lien legislation;
Competition Act issues of relevance to engineers; industrial property protection;
employment laws; Human Rights Code Prohibitions against Discrimination and Sexual
Harassment