Freight Claims

The new fifth edition contains major revisions and analyses of the following: The consequences of amendments to the Motor Vehicle Transport Act, 1987, R. S., 1985, c. 29 (3rd Supp.), which were proclaimed in force on January 1, 2006; The deregulated environment in Ontario since the repeal of the Truck Transportation Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. T.22, effective January 1, 2006; Leading cases on load broker regulations such as Nolar Industries Ltd. v. Freight Transportation Assoc., 2006 CarswellOnt 3242 (Ont. S.C.J.); Leading cases on the consequence of non-compliance with regulation such as Beaulieu v. Day & Ross Inc., 2005 CarswellNB 98,2005 (N.B.C.A.); Leading cases on the establishment of industry practice and custom such as Valmet Paper Machinery Inc. v. Hapag-Lloyd AG, 2004 CarswellBC 2916 (B.C.C.A.) and Alcoa Inc. v. CP Ships (UK) Ltd., 2006 CarswellOnt 6169 (Ont. S.C.J.); Leading damage to cargo cases such as Elders Grain Co. v. "M/V Ralph Misener" (The), 2005 CarswellNat 1097 (F.C.A.) and An analysis of the apportionment of loss provisions in Ont. Reg. 643/05 (Carriage of Goods)."--pub. desc.

Excerpt from The Investigation of Freight Claims Until recent years there was probably no greater cause for unfriendliness on the part Of the shipping public toward the carriers than the failure to settle promptly freight claims submitted to them by the shippers. It was not uncommon for claims which should have been settled on sight to be held up for six months or a year, and the shipper or claimant, despairing Of ever receiving a settle ment, would charge the amount Off to Profit Loss and the experience to education. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.