X
14Aug

The English Court of Appeal applies 'but for' test to "Force Majeure Clause" – FIDIC’s "Exceptional Events" now under threat?

International Construction Arbitration has received a shock. Consistent with the leading textbooks, a party seeking to rely on force majeure in a construction contract did not have to show that ‘but for’ the force majeure event it would have...
By: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Source Url: https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/the-english-court-of-appeal-applies-but-91995/

Related

Texas Court Compels A Limited Partner’s Employment And Defamation Claims To Arbitration Due To The Partnership Agreement’s Arbitration Clause

In Gray vs. Ward, Ward and Gray started a limited partnership where Ward was a limited partner and G...

Read More >

Fairbanks Ranch Country Club Settles EEOC Sexual Harassment Lawsuit for $125,000

Female Restaurant Servers Were Harassed and Then Retaliated Against, Federal Agency Charged - SAN ...

Read More >

2021 Forecast for UK M&A and IPOs: Delayed Gratification?

Many commentators predicted a boom in M&A and initial public offerings (IPOs) in the U.K. in 2020, a...

Read More >

Coronavirus: Employers Should Plan, Not Panic

Coronavirus, whose formal name is COVID-19, has been the subject of much media attention since the f...

Read More >

ESG Disclosures: Lessons Learned and Best Practices [Part 3 of 4]

In our previous alert, we described the sustainability reporting ecosystem shaping the disclosure pa...

Read More >

Kansas: Divided Court Strikes Noneconomic Damages Cap

On June 14, 2019, a plurality of the Kansas Supreme Court struck down Kansas’s statutory cap limiti...

Read More >