1. What is a contract?

2. What makes a contract?

3. Why are contracts of importance to freight forwarders?

4. What is an offer?

5. What is an acceptance?

6. Who or what is a moral person?

7. What are standard trading conditions?

8. What is the purpose of standard trading conditions?

9. Why should the CIFFA Standard Trading Conditions be part of your contract with your client?

10. How can you prove the above?

11. What is the difference between legal liability insurance and cargo insurance?

12. What can a CIFFA freight forwarder do to ensure that their customer has been given reasonable notice of the STCs?

13. In most Canadian provinces, there is a uniform procedure for notification of claims for road transport.What are the general timelines to advise the carrier of a claim?

14. Throughout Canada, what is the general limitation of liability for road transport (except in the cases of gross negligence or willful intentional act)?

15. When is it advisable for your client to declare a value for carriage on the front of the Bill of Lading?