ABSTRACT
Introduction The law relating to international carriage of goods by road was standardised in 1956 with the Convention on the International Carriage of Goods by Road (hereinafter ‘CMR’). 1 Largely modelled on the CIM Rules, 2 this convention was drafted by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (ECE) based in Geneva. 3 The parties to the CMR consist of both ECE and non-ECE member countries. 4 The United Kingdom (UK) acceded to this convention in 1967, which is attached as a schedule to the enabling Act – the Carriage of Goods by Road Act 1965. This Act, still in force, was amended in 1979 by the Carriage by Air and Road Act.
