Negligence

Negligence

1) Legal term for the tort (ie civil wrong - as opposed to crime which is a criminal wrong) of negligence which means a breach of duty of care by one person against another by which the other suffers damage. In transport, basically, hauliers have a duty to take care of goods consigned for carriage.

If they do not and goods are lost or damaged this is negligence unless good reason otherwise can be proved (eg the goods were not properly packed by the sender or they perished of their own accord).

Source: David Lowe. The Dictionary of Transport and Logistics. Kogan Page, 2002. – P.166 (288 p.)