International Carriage of Goods by Road - CMR

Released on: September 7, 2007, 2:56 am

Press Release Author: Bharat Book Bureau

Industry: Law

Press Release Summary: The second part concerns English common law on the carriage
of goods within the United Kingdom - the text was expanded in this way to meet the
need of both English carriers and also their foreign counterparts

Press Release Body: Bharat Book Bureau, a leading market information aggregator has
put forth a report -International Carriage of Goods by Road: CMR
(http://www.bharatbook.com/detail.asp?id=25535)
This leading work analyses the international carriage of goods by road under the
provisions of the CMR Convention Contents include:
Part one of this book provides an up-to-date analysis of the international carriage
of goods by road in Europe, the Middle East and east of Russia.
The second part concerns English common law on the carriage of goods within the
United Kingdom - the text was expanded in this way to meet the need of both English
carriers and also their foreign counterparts.
This book has been updated to include:
The following important issues:
Causation
Unavoidable circumstances
Compensation for charges incurred
Wilful misconduct
Significant decisions of the UK Courts such as Gefco v Mason (1998) on umbrella
contracts and in particular the Quantum case (2002) on the vexed issue of disputes
arising out of intermodal contracts. Gefco v Mason and Andrea Merzario v Leitner
(2001) show the evolution of the Court of Appeal to the interpretation of
international Conventions such as CMR.
Latest decisions of the highest courts in other jurisdictions including the
Bundesgerichtshof in Germany and the Cour de Cassation in France.
Part II covers English national law on the carriage of goods by road with references
to BIFA Standard Trading Conditions in their 2000 version, as well as the RHA
Conditions in there 1998 version.
Part II also includes the latest developments in the law of contract and tort
including:
Good Faith
The Limitation Act (Glaister v Greenwood(2001))
Conversion (Kuwaiti Airways v Iraqi Airways(2002))
In particular there is discussion of the impact of the Contracts (Rights of Third
Parties) Act 1999 on rights of action against the carrier of goods
The appendix includes, the text of the CMR annotated
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