A carrier who contracts with the sender is the first carrier, even if he does not undertake any stage of the carriage himself.
The court noted the sometimes great difficulty in finding consistent interpretations of European Law
Citations:
[1977] 1 Lloyd’s Rep 346, [1997] 1 WLR 625
Statutes:
Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road 31.1
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Citing:
Appeal from – Ulster-Swift v Taunton Meat Haulage 1975
The carrier who contracts with the sender is the first carrier, even if he does not undertake any stage of the carriage himself. . .
Cited by:
Cited – British American Tobacco Denmark A/S v Kazemier Bv SC 28-Oct-2015
One container loaded with cigarettes was allegedly hi-jacked in Belgium en route between Switzerland and The Netherlands in September 2011, while another allegedly lost 756 of its original 1386 cartons while parked overnight contrary to express . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.
Transport, European
Updated: 13 April 2022; Ref: scu.592014