# Carriage of Goods by Road Act 1965, Paragraph 2


The carrier shall however be relieved of liability if the loss, damage or delay was caused by the wrongful act or neglect of the claimant, by the instructions of the claimant given otherwise than as the result of a wrongful act or neglect on the part of the carrier, by inherent vice of the goods or through circumstances which the carrier could not avoid and the consequences of which he was unable to prevent.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1965/37/schedule/part/4/crossheading/article-17/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/carriage-of-goods-by-road-act-1965/schedule/part-4/crossheading-article-17/paragraph-2
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