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Parcel delay

Parcel — claim for late, lost or damaged delivery

Claim against a carrier for a failed delivery.

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What it actually says.

Rendered live from invented facts: A guaranteed next-day delivery that arrived nine days late, with the contents damaged. The claimant is fictional and the figures are illustrative — your own claim produces its own numbers and its own citations.

The authority in the preview

It cites the article, not the act.

A document has to name the provision it relies on or it gets filed. These are the citations the sample evaluation put into the letter above; a real claim substitutes the ones its own regimes produced.
  1. Consumer Rights Act 2015, s. 52Consumer Rights Act 2015 (c. 15)s. 52 — service to be performed within a reasonable time

Where it comes from

The laws that can produce this document.

A rule module declares the documents its evaluation can render into. These are the regimes in the current catalogue that offer this one — each with its own citations, deadlines and escalation ladder.
CMR Convention — international carriage of goods by road (8.33 SDR per kilogram)CMRTreatyparty states varyCMR Convention, Art. 23Confidence: highHague-Visby Rules — international carriage of goods by seaHAGUEVISBYTreatyparty states varyHague-Visby Rules, Art. IV r. 5(a)Confidence: highMontreal Convention 1999 — international carriage of cargo by airMONTREALTreatyparty states varyMontreal Convention 1999, Art. 22(3)Confidence: highInternational postal items — Universal Postal Convention inquiry and indemnityUPUTreatyparty states varyUniversal Postal ConventionConfidence: lowEuropean Union — delivery rights on consumer sales (Directive 2011/83/EU, Art. 18)EUSupranational30 countriesDirective 2011/83/EU, Art. 18Confidence: mediumFrance — La Poste / Colissimo compensationFRNationalFranceCode des postes et des communications électroniques and La Poste’s conditions générales de venteConfidence: lowGermany — Deutsche Post DHL domestic parcelsDENationalGermanyPostgesetz and the DHL Allgemeine Geschäftsbedingungen Paket/PäckchenConfidence: lowDHL Express — service commitments and claimsDENationalGermanyDHL Express Terms and Conditions of CarriageConfidence: lowNetherlands — PostNL compensationNLNationalNetherlandsPostwet 2009 and PostNL’s algemene voorwaardenConfidence: lowNorway — Posten BringNONationalNorwayPostloven (Postal Act) and Posten Bring's transport conditionsConfidence: lowRussian Federation — Pochta RossiiRUNationalRussiaФедеральный закон «О почтовой связи» № 176-ФЗ, and the Rules for the Provision of Postal Communication ServicesConfidence: lowSwitzerland — Swiss PostCHNationalSwitzerlandPostgesetz (Postal Services Act, SR 783.0) and the Postal Services OrdinanceConfidence: lowTürkiye — PTTTRNationalTürkiyePosta Hizmetleri Kanunu No. 6475 (Postal Services Law) and its implementing regulationsConfidence: lowUnited Kingdom — delivery of goods, Consumer Rights Act 2015 s. 28GBNationalUnited KingdomConsumer Rights Act 2015, s. 28Confidence: lowUnited Kingdom — Royal Mail compensation schemeGBNationalUnited KingdomPostal Services Act 2011 and Royal Mail’s scheme and conditions made under itConfidence: lowCanada — Canada Post delivery guarantee and claimsCANationalCanadaCanada Post Corporation Act and the Canada Post Terms and ConditionsConfidence: lowUnited States — USPS Priority Mail Express money-back guaranteeUSNationalUnited StatesUSPS Domestic Mail Manual — Priority Mail Express service commitments and refundsConfidence: mediumFedEx — Money-Back GuaranteeUSNationalUnited StatesFedEx Service Guide / Terms and Conditions of CarriageConfidence: lowUPS — Service GuaranteeUSNationalUnited StatesUPS Tariff/Terms and Conditions of ServiceConfidence: lowBrazil — CorreiosBRNationalBrazilCódigo de Defesa do Consumidor, Lei nº 8.078/1990, and the Correios service regulationsConfidence: lowMexico — Correos de MéxicoMXNationalMexicoLey del Servicio Postal MexicanoConfidence: lowKenya — Posta KenyaKENationalKenyaPostal Corporation of Kenya Act and the Kenya Information and Communications ActConfidence: lowNigeria — NIPOSTNGNationalNigeriaNigerian Postal Service Act and the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Act 2018Confidence: lowSouth Africa — South African Post OfficeZANationalSouth AfricaPostal Services Act 124 of 1998 and the Consumer Protection Act 68 of 2008Confidence: lowSaudi Arabia — Saudi Post (SPL)SANationalSaudi ArabiaSaudi postal regulation issued by the Communications, Space and Technology CommissionConfidence: lowUnited Arab Emirates — Emirates PostAENationalUnited Arab EmiratesFederal postal regulation and the Emirates Post terms of serviceConfidence: lowHong Kong SAR — Hongkong PostHKNationalHong Kong SAR ChinaPost Office Ordinance (Cap. 98) and the Postal Services (Compensation) rulesConfidence: lowIndia — India PostINNationalIndiaPost Office Act 2023 and the Department of Posts rules and compensation scheduleConfidence: lowJapan — Japan PostJPNationalJapanPostal Act (Act No. 165 of 1947) and Japan Post's service termsConfidence: lowMalaysia — Pos MalaysiaMYNationalMalaysiaPostal Services Act 2012 (Act 741) and the MCMC postal licence conditionsConfidence: lowPeople's Republic of China — China PostCNNationalChina中华人民共和国邮政法 (Postal Law of the People's Republic of China)Confidence: lowRepublic of Korea — Korea PostKRNationalSouth Korea우편법 (Postal Service Act) of the Republic of KoreaConfidence: lowSingapore — Singapore PostSGNationalSingaporePostal Services Act 1999 and the IMDA Quality of Service standards for the Public Postal LicenseeConfidence: lowAustralia — Australia Post compensation and Express Post guaranteeAUNationalAustraliaAustralian Postal Corporation Act 1989 and Australia Post’s Terms and ConditionsConfidence: lowNew Zealand — New Zealand PostNZNationalNew ZealandPostal Services Act 1998 and the Consumer Guarantees Act 1993Confidence: low

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Duesday is not a law firm and does not provide legal advice. This document is an editable template assembled from publicly available law. You are responsible for checking that the facts and the law stated are correct for your situation, and you send it yourself in your own name. Nothing here creates a solicitor–client or attorney–client relationship, and no outcome is promised.