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Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017

Other commercial matters - Carriage of goods - Rights of carriers

287: Carrier may store goods

You could also call this:

“Carrier can keep goods safe while waiting for a claim to be settled”

If someone makes a claim about goods being carried, the carrier can do a few things while waiting for the claim to be settled. They can move the goods to a suitable place for storage. They must tell the owner of the goods where this place is. The carrier also needs to take good care of the goods while they are storing them.

The place where the goods are stored should be easy for the owner or anyone else who has a right to the goods to get to. This is so they can collect their goods when they pay what they owe. They need to pay for the cost of moving the goods and any other reasonable expenses the carrier has had so far.

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Part 5 Other commercial matters
Carriage of goods: Rights of carriers

287Carrier may store goods

  1. Pending settlement of the claim referred to in section 286, the carrier—

  2. may remove the goods to any suitable premises for storage; and
    1. must notify the owner of the goods of the address of the premises; and
      1. must take all reasonable steps to preserve the goods.

        1. The premises must be reasonably convenient to enable the owner of the goods, or any other person entitled to the goods, to collect the goods on payment of all freight owing and recoverable expenses so far incurred.

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