Training and the law: what you need to know
By Elizabeth West (December 2004 Issue)
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9.00Many of the legal pitfalls that can occur in the provision of training can be addressed by giving some thought at the outset to what is actually agreed and with whom. In legal terms this is the basis of the contract for the training. Training organisations would benefit from reviewing not only what their booking conditions are but how they are presented to the customer, as this article explains. Quite apart from the choice of terms, however, there are some overriding legal principles that may affect both the selection of content for the training and also the use of participants’ details. Data protection and copyright issues are addressed later in the article; the first part looks at the contractual issues relevant to training.
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