5th Edition
CMR: Contracts for the International Carriage of Goods by Road
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
Biography
Andrew Messent was a founding Partner at Holmes Hardingham and then, Gateley PLC, London, and throughout his professional career his main area of practice was claims arising from the carriage of goods by road, sea and air, and other related areas such as warehousing. As well as the full range of transportation issues, Andrew also regularly advised on related insurance matters.
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 has continued 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, freight forwarding and multimodal transport.
