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English
Legal System |
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Civil and
Criminal Liability |
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Negligence |
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Nuisance |
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Occupier’s
Liability and Defective Premises |
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Employer’s
Liability for Health and Safety |
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Ownership
of Petroleum Resources |
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Licensing |
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Co-operating
Agreements |
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Oil
Markets
| A. |
Fundamentals |
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Oil Characteristics
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| B. |
Forward
Markets |
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Brent: the shell
15 day Brent 1988 |
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“String” “Circle”
”daisychain” Book out or pay in |
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Dubai Fatah |
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Russian Gasoil |
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Littlebrook Fuel Oil |
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Futures Markets |
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Definition – Characteristics,
Hedging Margins, Speculation |
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The International Petroleum
Exchange (IPE) IPE Contracts
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Options |
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Swaps
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Oil
Sale Contracts
| A. |
General
Considerations |
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Domestics and international
Sale Contracts |
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The 1980 Vienna Convention |
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Incoterms
1990 |
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| C. |
F.O.B. Sale |
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Strict or Classic F.O.B. Contract |
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F.O.B. with Additional Services
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C.I.F. AND C &
F Sale
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Formation
and Elements of Sale Contracts
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Formation
of Contract |
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Negotiations |
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Offer and Acceptance
“ Subject to Authority, conduct, course of Dealing,
Silence, the patrol evidence Rule. |
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Methods of Communication’
Tested telexes, faxes. E-Mail, Telephone Internet and
E-commerce. |
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Elements of Contract |
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Nomination and Delivery |
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C.I.F (C&F) Delivered Contracts |
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Passing of the Property |
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Passing of the risks
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The
Transport Contract
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The conveyance
of oil by pipeline |
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| B. |
The Carriage
of Oil by Ship |
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Oil Charter-parties |
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Oil Bill of lading |
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Title to Sue – the carriage
of Goods by Sea Act 1992 |
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The Bill of lading and
the sale contract. |
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- Delivery on the Presentation
of the bill of lading |
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- Delivery without the
Presentation of the bill of lading |
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| C. |
The Electronic Bill
of lading |
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EDI |
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UNCID Rules, CMI Rules
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The
Inspection Contract of Quality and Quantity (Q&Q)
| Inspection
– General Principles |
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Inspection and Testing
Bodies |
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Duties of Inspectors |
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The Instructions
to the inspector - Terms of reference |
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Quality |
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Contamination |
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Quantity |
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Causes of Shortages |
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Retention on Board (ROB), the
0.5 per cent Allowance |
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| C. |
The Certificate of Inspection |
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Finality of the Certificate |
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Liability of the Inspector |
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Contractual Liability |
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Tortious Liability
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The
Price Paid by a Letter of Credit
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Price and
Documentary Credits |
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Methods of Payment |
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Uniform Customs and Practice
(UCP) for Documentary Credits |
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The Opening Process |
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Four Contractual Relationships |
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Types of Credit |
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Irrevocable, Confirmed, Standby,
Revolving, Back to Back, Performance Bond |
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Payment under Reserve |
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Letters of Indemnity (Lols) |
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| C. |
The Principles of Letters
of Credit |
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The Autonomy of the Letter of
Credit |
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The Doctrine of Strict Performances |
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False Statement in the Bill of
Lading |
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Financing Oil Purchases |
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Fraud
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Demurrage,
Force Majeure, Jurisdiction and Applicable Law
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Laytime
and Demurrage |
1) |
Under a Voyage Charter-Party
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Laytime Commencement |
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Demurrage Calculation |
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Notice of Readiness |
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Under Sale Contract |
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C.I.F Contracts |
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F.O.B Contracts |
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Force Majeure |
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Beyond Reasonable Control |
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Force Majeure Events |
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Burden of Proof |
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| C. |
Jurisdiction and Applicable
Law |
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Absence of a term on Jurisdiction |
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The Brussels Convention 1968
as enacted by the 1982 Act |
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- The General Rule |
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- Related Actions - Lis
Pendens – Acticle 21 |
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- Article 22 |
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- The Relationship between
Articles 5 and 21 |
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- Which court is first
seised? |
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The Applicable (Proper) Law |
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- The Rome Convention
– The Contract (applicable) Act 1990
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Insurance
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The Institute
Bulk Oil Clauses |
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What is Insured? |
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| B. |
Other Insurance Covers |
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Protection and Indemnity (P&)
Cover |
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Oil Pollution Cover |
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CLC and Fund Conventions |
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Tovalop and Cristal |
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The Oil Pollution Act (OPA) 1990
– The Exxon Valdez |
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The 1992 Protocois |
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War and Related Risks Insurance
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Remedies
for Breach of Contract
| A. |
Breach of
contract |
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Breach on the part of the shelter |
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Unpaid Seller |
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Repudiation |
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| B. |
Measure of Damages |
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Delay in Delivering or Receiving
the goods |
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Latent Defect in the goods |
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| C. |
Remoteness And Migration |
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General Rule |
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Sub Sales |
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Hedging as a way to migrate the
loss |
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Damages in Foreign Currency
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Securities
And Settlement of Disputes
| A. |
The Mareva
Injunction |
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| B. |
Arrest of the ship |
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Arrest under the Supreme Court
Act 1981 Conditions to Arrest |
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- The Position of the Cargo-Owner
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Rearrest |
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- Warrant of Arrest |
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- Expenses of Arrest |
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Arrest in the Execution of a
foreign judgement |
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- Arrest to provide Security
for a claim submitted to arbitration |
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The Civil Jurisdiction and Judgements
Act 1982 |
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Proposed reforms to the arrest
Convention 1952 |
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- Claims in respect of
which vessel may be Arrested |
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- Vessels that may be arrested |
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- Right of Rearrest |
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- Wrongful Arrest |
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- Jurisdiction on the Merit
of a case |
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Arbitration |
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GTC Arbitration Causes |
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The Arbitration Agreement |
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The Control of the Courts over
Arbitration |
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- The Arbitration Act 1996 |
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Arbitration in New York |
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| D. |
Alternative Dispute Resolution
(ADR)
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Offshore
Operations and Decommissioning |
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Environmental
Protection |
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Petroleum
Taxation |
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Discrimination
and Equal Opportunities |
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Confidentiality |
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Universal
Declaration of Human Rights |
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European
Convention on Human Rights |
