17Jun
Tokyo Dispute Resolution & Crisis Management Newsletter – June 2020: Coronavirus & Construction Contracts - Causation, Force Majeure and Notice Provisions
Large construction projects, by their very nature, carry significant commercial and financial risk for the parties involved. Contributing to this overall risk is the reality that an act of nature or other circumstance beyond the reasonable control of the parties can be a real impediment to the timely and successful completion of a project. A topical example is the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak that is currently sweeping across the globe, affecting the ability of parties to perform their...
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King & Spalding
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