Monthly Archives: November 2011

Liability for loss of quantitative and transport containers

The laws of movement in a very rigorous way they treat the carrier's liability for damage in shipment. In some cases, however, the legislature has provided for the carrier favorable legal presumptions, to help him defend the claims of injured, where there are serious doubts, whether the damage occurred during … Continue reading

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The carrier's liability in multimodal transport by road

The vast majority of road transport is carried out from beginning to end by the same means of transport. Do not belong to the rare situations, when the car is staying with a good part of the route by another means of transport (ship, shoulders, Train). In such cases, responsibility … Continue reading

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Review of case law. Carrier! Beware of bugs before the injury and after injury

Polish courts do not coddle people interested in transportation law from a large number of published decisions. Therefore welcome any judgment, also derived from the lower court. Recently newspapers and portals have reported such a judgment by the District Court in Bialystok … Continue reading

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The carrier's liability for death and injury of the passenger

In most developed countries public transport is the safest form of movement, a bus or train ride carries much less risk than self-drive trip. But sometimes there are situations, the traveler as a result of transport accident injured, … Continue reading

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To which court the expense of transport?

Transport industry is highly internationalized. On one hand, the transports are carried out regularly between different countries, on the other hand are not uncommon situations, when a single journey involving entities from several countries. This state of affairs makes, that in the case … Continue reading

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