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Logistics and liability for loss or damage to goods

Over the past year, Wright Hassall has acted for both suppliers and customers of logistics services and one of the main issues that crops up time and time again as part of contractual negotiations is liability.

Under any type of contract, a party will want to limit to what extent they will be liable to the other party for losses the other party incurs which are attributable to that first party. Logistics contracts are no exception.

Latest News

What’s in store for 2020 and beyond? 6 trends shaping warehouses of the future
	In 2010, many warehouses would still have been regarded as a neglected cost centre. Now, moving into 2020, the warehouse is a carefully managed control centre and very often the strategic hub of e-commerce within an ever-extending supply chain.

Iceland places its largest ever order with Cartwright
	Iceland, the UK frozen food specialist, has just added 43 Cartwright multi-temperature refrigerated trailers to its vehicle fleet.

LINK Global provides logistic to ShipParts.com
	L.I.N.K. Global, one of the oldest established international network of independent forwarders, has signed a cooperation agreement with ShipParts.com, the rapidly expanding marine e-commerce platform, in which both parties will explore a myriad of mutually beneficial digitalisation projects.

Logistics specialist sees energy bills thaw at Telford premises
	EcolightingUK has recently been specified for LED lighting at the 206,350sqft warehouse at the Brockton Business Park in Telford for client CML.

Christmas peaked late for couriers in December
	The UK courier ParcelHero has revealed people left it later than ever to send their parcels this Christmas. ParcelHero’s previous Christmas peak was December 13, 2018, almost a full week earlier than this seasons' busiest day, the 17th.

Returns abuse analysis
	By Tom Stevenson, UK Director, Forter. “The 2nd of January 2020 marked National Returns Day, the busiest day of the year for holiday returns. In fact, UPS stated that it expected to ship 1.9 million returns, a 26% increase over last year.

Origin Logistics UK, member of XLProjects, to rebrand as ‘Cardinal - The Logistics People’
	In a words of Jamie Whyatt, Managing Director of Cardinal, “I am excited to announce a small but exciting tweak to our brand that took place on the 1st of January, 2020. You may know that Origin Logistics is, and always was a part of the Cardinal Maritime Group.

Is it time to rethink plastic In packaging?
	A cross-party parliamentary group warning that firms are replacing plastic with potentially more harmful alternatives for the environment is a wakeup call for companies to redouble their sustainability efforts, says an industry expert.

Events

Paperworld 2020
Jan 25, 2020 to Jan 28, 2020
Frankfurt,Germany,

Temperature Control & Logistics 2020
Jan 27, 2020 to Jan 30, 2020
Dusseldorf,Germany,

Facilities Management Forum 2020
Jan 27, 2020 to Jan 28, 2020
London Stansted.UK,

Pharmapack 2020
Feb 05, 2020 to Feb 06, 2020
Porte de Versailles,Paris, France,

International Railway Summit 2020
Feb 19, 2020 to Feb 21, 2020
Warsaw, Poland ,

eTail Connect 2020
Feb 25, 2020 to Feb 26, 2020
Twickenham Stadium, UK,

eWorld Procurement & Supply 2020
Mar 03, 2020
Connaught Rooms, London,

Road User Charging Conference 2020
Mar 04, 2020 to Mar 05, 2020
Brussels, Belgium,

Gartner Data & Analytics Summit 2020
Mar 09, 2020 to Mar 11, 2020
London UK,

MODEX 2020 (USA)
Mar 09, 2020 to Mar 12, 2020
Atlanta,USA,

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