CMR: Contracts for the International Carriage of Goods by Road

Auteur

Andrew Messent was a Partner at Gateley PLC, London, and before that with Holmes Hardingham. Throughout his professional career, his main area of practice was claims arising from the carriage of goods, in particular the carriage of goods by road.

David Glass was a law lecturer for more than 40 years, teaching mainly at Cardiff University. He retired from his post as a Senior Lecturer in 2017 but he continues an association with Cardiff in the role of LLM Teacher. David has also acted as a visiting lecturer at City University, London and Edinburgh University. For most of his career, David's teaching and research interests were primarily focused on the law of carriage of goods, with a special interest in international carriage of goods by road and multimodal transport.

Texte du rabat

Now in its fifth edition and fully revised throughout, this hallmark text provides a comprehensive, article-by-article guide to the workings of the CMR Convention, as incorporated into English Law by the Carriage of Goods by Road Act 1965.

Contenu

Introduction 1. Scope of Application of the Convention 2. Combined Transport 3. Carrier's Liability for Third Parties 4. Documentation 5. The Performance of the Carriage 6. Liability of the Carrier 7. Delay, Non-Delivery and Cash on Delivery 8. Dangerous Goods 9. Compensation 10. Claims and Actions 11. Successive Carriage 12. Derogation from the Convention Appendix A. Carriage of Goods by Road Act 1965 Appendix B. French Text of the Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road Appendix C. IRU Form of CMR Consignment Note Appendix D. FTA/RHA/SITPRO Form of CMR Consignment Note