COVID-19

How does Corona virus affect construction contracts?

3rd August 2020

With the World Health Organisation declaring COVID-19 a pandemic in March 2020 the world’s economies has stalled with economic output and the labour market feeling the worst effects. The construction sector in particular is facing particular challenges posed by COVID-19, namely: Social distancing being impractical to implement on a live building site; Supply chain networks …

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COVID-19 and Force Majeure in Contract

3rd August 2020

With COVID-19 disrupting the performance of construction, consequently contracts and the obligations under these contracts are being revisited to assess the impact caused by COVID-19 and what relief, if any, can be sought by the parties.  The contractual term brought to the fore due to the impact felt by COVID-19 is that of “force majeure”. This …

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