CMR Contracts for the International Carriage of Goods by Road 5th ed

Now in its fifth edition, 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.

Fully revised throughout, the book offers a complete update of relevant English cases and draws in major developments in the interpretation of the Convention in the case law of other Contracting States. Furthermore, this new edition incorporates two key developments to ensure the book’s continuing currency and authority. Firstly, it reviews the operation of the current law following the UK’s ratification of the Additional Protocol to the Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road (CMR) 2008, which provides for the recognition and use of electronic consignment notes, ie e-CMR. Secondly, it addresses the changes consequent on Brexit which affect aspects of the general legal context and whose relationship with the rules of CMR require re-examination, principally in respect of the law governing issues of choice of law, jurisdiction and enforcement of court judgments. Clearly and accessibly written, Messent and Glass continue to offer a level of expert detail and referencing that cannot be found elsewhere.

The book is an invaluable reference tool that can be used by the busy legal practitioner, and by other road haulage industry professionals, in any contracting state, to solve the issues that confront them in daily practice. It is also an indispensable guide for academics and students of the international carriage of goods by road.

table of content

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