The “Damages: Contract” Course was held from 30th November-1st December 2018 (Friday-Saturday) at the Conference Hall, Palace of Justice, Putrajaya. The objective of this course was to develop knowledge and skill Judges/Judicial Commissioners in assessing damages in contract-related cases. This course is an advanced course of "Damages: Tort" Course which was held from 19th-21st October 2018 at The Everly Putrajaya.

A total of 24 participants attended this course consisting of 12 High Court Judges and 12 Judicial Commissioners. The facilitator line-up of this course was The Right Honourable Tan Sri Datuk Seri Panglima Richard Malanjum, Chief Justice; The Honourable Dato’ Abang Iskandar bin Abang Hashim, Federal Court Judge; The Honourable Datuk Nallini Pathmanathan, Federal Court Judge; and The Honourable Datuk Vernon Ong Lam Kiat; Judge of the Court of Appeal. This course was also joined by The Right Honourable Tan Sri Zaharah binti Ibrahim, Chief Judge of the High Court in Malaya; and The Honourable Tan Sri Dato’ Sri Azahar bin Mohamed, Federal Court Judge and Chairman of the Training Committee, Judicial Academy of Malaysia.

This course was divided into 3 sessions. The first session on the first day began with the presentation on assigned topics and discussion related to this course which were presented by participants from seven High Court Judges and two Judicial Commissioners. The second session on the first and second day was a group discussion on assigned case studies. Participants were divided into five groups of four to five members and were assigned with two case studies for discussion. Each group presented their findings in third session in the afternoon of the second day. Participants and facilitators had interactive discussion afterwards to provide a comprehensive understanding to the participants.