Law and contracts

Even if you're already professionally qualified, your learning doesn't stop. We offer a range of additional qualifications that can help point your career in exciting directions.

Becoming an incorporated or chartered engineer is a great achievement, but you don't have to stop there. ICE has other qualifications that can help you take your career even further.

You can do this in several ways, from qualifying as a chartered manager and getting credit for your senior management skills, to qualifying in specialist subjects like law and contracts.

Below you can find information about a range of different qualifications available to qualified civil engineers.

ICE accredits various exams related to law and contracts. Find out more about them and how they could help your career.

Civil engineers are having to deal with more and more issues around contracts, so it's vital to understand how the law and practices work.

This exam is designed to improve your understanding of contracts. It covers contractual conditions, their legal framework and the management procedure you need to successfully complete projects.

What does the exam involve?

There are three modules, and each has its own exam:

Module 1 Law Exam
Divided into Law of Contract, Law of Tort and Law of Evidence. When you pass it, you'll have a solid understanding of the legal framework in which the Conditions of Contracts sit.
Module 2 NEC Contract Management Exam
This is aimed at professional service providers including architects, QS and engineers. It will concentrate on questions around the NEC family of contracts.
Module 3 Advanced NEC Contract Management Exam
This covers a similar syllabus to Module 2 NEC module but is set at a much higher level and includes“sample” contractual provisions from familiar non-NEC contracts such as the ICC, FIDIC and JCT. It's aimed at experienced professional service providers.

Law and Contracts Exam

This exam is designed to improve your understanding of contracts.

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For more information about the course and what’s required, download a copy below:

Law and Contract Management Curriculum 2025

17 October 2024

Download previous versions of the examiners report below:

Examiners Report 2023

29 November 2023

Examiners Report 2022

01 December 2022

Examiners Report 2021

01 December 2022

Examiners Report 2019

22 March 2022

Examiners Report 2018

22 March 2022

What are the benefits?

If you’re working towards your Chartered Professional Review, passing the exam will help to develop your commercial awareness.

For graduates on approved training schemes, the course could be worth up to five days' approved training per module (at the discretion of your supervising civil engineer)

Do you offer help to pass the exam?

Specialised eLearning training are now available aimed at helping you through the qualification:

ICE Law and Contracts eLearning course - The full ICE Law and Contracts eLearning course.
ICE Law and Contracts Management course for accredited ECC project managers - For accredited NEC3 ECC project managers, wanting to pass the Law and Contracts examination.
ICE Law and Contracts Management course with NEC3: ECC project manager accreditation (Blended learning) - For construction professionals who wants to become an accredited ECC Project Manager and pass the Law and Contracts examination.

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For more information on the Law and Contracts Management exam, get in touch:

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You need this to pass this exam to get on the ICE Register of Adjudicators.

Adjudicators on the register are experienced construction professionals and are expected to have also passed the ICE Law and Contract Management Examination.

What does the exam involve?

The adjudicator’s exam tests your level of knowledge around the law and procedure of adjudication. It focuses on the ICC Conditions of Contract and NEC3 Contracts.

The exam has two papers: