COVID-19: A Force Majeure Event?
Released: 14 May 2020
by Adrian Williamson QC, Sean Wilken QC and Matthew Finn on Thursday 14 May 2020.
Matt outlined the general principles relating to force majeure provisions, and explored various issues that may arise when a contracting party seeks to rely upon the COVID-19 pandemic as a force majeure event. Adrian and Sean then offered their experience, delving into audience questions on the subject.
PLEASE NOTE: As this talk was given on 14 May 2020 it should be noted that the discussion related to COVID-19 is applicable for that date and effective from 4 July 2020 the law significantly changed.
Slides
Matt’s slides can be viewed here.
Related Article
The article by Sean (mentioned in the talk) which discusses the Government’s recent COVID-19 advice and the legal impact on contracts can be downloaded here. *Please note that this article applies to the law at the time of writing (15 May 2020)
