Contract Risk & Claims Management
A practical professional programme focused on contract risk & claims management, designed to strengthen governance, control, risk awareness and organisational decision-making.
- Type
- Specialist
- Level
- Advanced
- Duration
- 5 days
- Delivery
- In person, Live online, In-house
- Languages
- English, Arabic
Contract Risk & Claims Management develops the capability to identify contractual risk early, manage changes and potential claims systematically and protect organisational rights through effective records and communication.
The programme examines risk allocation, contractual notices, variations, delays, performance failures, claims analysis, evidence, negotiation and dispute escalation.
Participants learn how disciplined contract administration can prevent avoidable disputes and improve the quality of claims and responses when issues arise.
Objectives
Identify major contractual risks across the contract lifecycle.
Understand how contract clauses allocate rights and risk.
Apply structured change and notice procedures.
Develop practical approaches to analysing and managing claims.
Strengthen records, evidence and dispute-prevention practices.
Learning outcomes
Identify contractual provisions that create material risk.
Assess the contractual implications of changes and delays.
Manage notices and documentation appropriately.
Analyse the basis and evidence for contractual claims.
Develop practical responses to claims and emerging disputes.
Who it is for
Contract and commercial managers.
Project managers.
Procurement professionals.
Legal and claims professionals.
Professionals responsible for complex contract performance.
Programme modules
1. Contract Risk Foundations
Risk allocation
Contractual responsibilities
Key risk clauses
Lifecycle risk
2. Change and Variation Risk
Variations
Scope changes
Approval requirements
Cost and time consequences
3. Notices and Contractual Communication
Notice requirements
Timing
Form and content
Preserving contractual rights
4. Claims Analysis
Basis of entitlement
Cause and effect
Supporting evidence
Quantification
5. Records and Evidence
Contract records
Contemporaneous evidence
Correspondence
Audit trail
6. Negotiation and Dispute Prevention
Early issue resolution
Claim responses
Negotiation
Escalation and formal dispute routes
Methodology
The programme uses contract-risk scenarios, notice exercises, claims cases and evidence-analysis tasks. Participants practise identifying entitlement, assessing risk and developing structured contractual responses.
Assessment
Assessment includes contract-risk and claims exercises and a final applied case requiring participants to analyse a potential claim and recommend an appropriate contractual response.
Certificate
Certificate of Completion
For your organisation
This programme can be delivered for a single organisation, team or institution, and adapted to your context, participants and objectives.
Organisational delivery is scoped and priced individually, and is not booked from this page.
Upcoming sessions
No dates are scheduled at present.
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