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Who carries the can?

17th May 1980, Page 40
17th May 1980
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BEFORE undertaking a job volving the use of a vehii mounted loading device, m sure that the stage at which goods may be said to have b handed over by the custome the haulier is indisputably cli This advice comes from Road Haulage Associatio Southern area secretary, All Simpson.

It arises from the quesi whether the customer or carrier is responsible for dam to goods during loading. Thil of course, particularly impori if a consignment is valuablf delicate or both.

The RHA conditions of rage say that transit beg "when the consignmenI handed to the carrier . . . ." crucial expression, "ham to", is not defined and the c struction to be placed on it cc be the cause of a costly wrar in court if it were not pla beyond doubt before a hat. accepted a contract.

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