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Level 5 Diploma in Law

Ex Works, Ex ship, FOB, CIF and Delivered Duty Paid contracts

LAW506 · International Business Law — Week 6 of 16

CourseLAW506
Week6 of 16
SemesterII
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This week’s topics

Ex Works, Ex ship, FOB, CIF and Delivered Duty Paid contracts

  1. Ex Works, Ex ship, FOB, CIF and Delivered Duty Paid contracts
  2. Transfer of property and risk
  3. Sale of documents

What you will be able to do

  • 2.3 Evaluate the principles of main examples of international contracts, including Cost, Insurance, Freight (CIF), Free On Board (FOB), Ex ship and Ex Works.
  • 2.4 Define where transfer of property and risk take place in international contracts.

Activity

Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: evaluate the principles of main examples of international contracts, including Cost, Insurance, Freight (CIF), Free On Board (FOB), Ex ship and Ex Works.

Study materials

The teaching notes, exercises and videos of this week are in the student portal. Your portal is set up as soon as you receive final acceptance, so you can open them before the semester starts.
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Sale of Goods Act 1979: scope, implied terms and amendments
  • Week 2: Passing of property (s18 rules) and risk (s20); frustration…
  • Week 3: Retention of title clauses: Romalpa and later cases
  • Week 4: Shorthand standard-form international sale contracts and th…
  • Week 5: Harmonisation: INCOTERMS, the ICC and the Vienna Convention…
  • Week 6: Ex Works, Ex ship, FOB, CIF and Delivered Duty Paid contrac…
  • Week 7: Rights of rejection under CIF contracts: Kwei Tek Chao v Br…
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Law governing the contract and the arbitral agreement: Arbi…
  • Week 10: Enforcing and challenging awards: New York Convention 1958,…
  • Week 11: Mediation (facilitative and evaluative, CEDR) and conciliat…
  • Week 12: Applying International Business Law in practice: case studi…
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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