Sassoon: CIF and FOB Contracts

5th Edition 2012
ISBN: 978-0-421-91890-0
Verlag: Sweet & Maxwell

Buch, Englisch, 792 Seiten

Reihe: British Shipping Laws

Offers Practical advice on C.I.F. and F.O.B. contracts and their most common variants with easy reference to solutions for issues you may be face
Covers the nature of each sales term under both Common law and the new Incoterms ® 2010 Rules, including: property and risk in the goods, the physical shipment, the documentary tender of bills of lading, policies and certificates of insurance, licences and certificates together with payment, remedies for breach and conflict of laws
Includes commentary on all the significant legislative and contractual developments and new decisions of the European Court of Justice, the Supreme Court/House of Lords, the Court of Appeal and the Commercial Court
Covers in full the CIF and FOB Incoterms ® 2010 Rules often incorporated by reference in shipment sales of commodities and manufactured goods
Includes express references to the most common standard form contracts in current use such as the GAFTA (2010 edn), and FOSFA (2008 edn) C.I.F. and F.O.B. forms and the 2009 Institute Cargo Clauses
Includes a detailed analysis of the effects of the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits (the UCP 600) on documentary tender and their influence on recent judicial trends

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lorenzon, Filippo

Skajaa, Lynne

Baatz, Yvonne

Nicoll, Chris

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Ausländisches Recht Common Law (UK, USA, Australien u.a.)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
Table of Cases
Table of Statutes

Common Issues on C.I.F. and F.O.B. Contracts

The Commercial and Legal Context of C.I.F. and F.O.B. Sales
Risk and Property in the Goods

C.I.F. Contracts

The Nature of a C.I.F. Contract
Shipment
The Bill of Lading and Other Transport Documents
The Policy of Insurance
Other Documents
Buyers’ Obligations Under a C.I.F. Sale

F.O.B. Contracts

The Various Types of F.O.B. Contracts
Duties of the Seller: Delivery of Goods and Tender of Documents
Buyers’ Obligations Under an F.O.B. Sale
F.O.B. Insurance Issues

Frustration, Force Majeure and Remedies

Force Majeure and Frustration
Remedies

Conflict of Laws

Jurisdiction
Governing Law

Appendices

1889 Factors Act
Marine Insurance Act 1906
Carriage of Goods by Sea Act 1971
Sale of Goods Act 1979, as amended
Contracts (Applicable Law) Act 1990
Carriage of Goods by Sea Act 1992
Jurisdiction Regulation (44/2001)
Rome II
Rome I
Incoterms 2010
UCP 600
Institute Cargo Clauses
GAFTA 100 CIF form
FOSFA 54 CIF form
GAFTA 64 FOB form
FOSFA 53 FOB form