🎯 Workshop Details
🗓️ New Dates: 24-26 September, 2025
🕕 Time: 6:00–8:00 PM AST (Virtual)
This workshop provides practical, business-focused contract law training to help participants avoid costly mistakes in agreements; negotiate better terms confidently; and protect their business interests. 📝 Register Now! 🚀✨ – Click to Secure your spot
📌Detailed Breakdown of Workshop
DAY 1 – KNOW
Participants learn the minimum legal requirements for a valid contract: Offer, Acceptance, Consideration, Intention.
📚 Focus: Understanding the theory and learning how to recognize the essential elements of a contract.
DAY 2 – REVIEW
Participants learn to draft clear, enforceable agreements for routine business deals.
🛠️ Focus: Translating business needs into legally sound documents with clarity and precision.
DAY 3 – DRAFT
Participants learn to spot predatory clauses: Unlimited liability, Automatic renewals, Unbalanced obligations.
🤝 Focus: Building strategy and protection by negotiating fair terms when reviewing others’ contracts.
👋 Meet the Facilitators!
Dr. Timothy Affonso is an attorney-at-law with almost 20 years’ experience. He has worked as a state prosecutor, extradition attorney and civil litigator. He has extensive experience in drafting complex contracts and litigating breach of contract cases involving multi-million dollar claims. He is an attorney at Law and Lecturer at the Faculty of Law, UWI, St. Augustine Campus. He holds a Bachelor of Laws Degree, Masters of Law Degree, with Distinction, and a Doctor of Philosophy in Law. He has conducted several public awareness and training seminars on elder law, succession law, and advocacy. He has taught contract law for more than a decade and holds a Post-Graduate Certificate in University Teaching and Learning, with Distinction.
Shivangelie Ramoutar is an attorney-at-law, Deputy Dean for Student Matters and a Lecturer at the Faculty of Law, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus who holds a Master of Law (LL.M.) in Commercial Law from the University of Cambridge. Her legal career includes advising on complex commercial transactions, joint ventures, corporate governance, and financial instruments. She has worked closely with both private & state-owned enterprises on high-value acquisitions, corporate restructurings, and regulatory compliance. She also has experience in civil and commercial litigation, including legal challenges to contract clauses that influenced high-value transactions. Both her practical legal advisory experience and courtroom experience give her a well-rounded understanding of how contracts work in real life.
💳 Payment Information
ℹ️ (Please submit a copy of payment transfer/receipt to sta-lawevents@uwi.edu to complete registration)
Direct Bank Deposit:
(Please indicate name of workshop in “Reason for Payment”)
Bank Name : Republic Bank Limited
Bank Address: UWI St. Augustine, Trinidad
Swift Address: RBNLTTPX
Account Number: 160 284 614 001 CHQ
Account Name: The University of the West Indies