Whilst it is far too soon to fully appreciate the impact COVID-19 is likely to have, we can already see the legal issues developing as a result: many thousands have been stood down or are now unemployed; contracts for forward work on hold; travel halted: and sporting and cultural events have been cancelled or played to empty venues (to name a few). Rob Anderson QC and Christopher Doyle address the doctrines of frustration and force majeure specifically in relation to the latter example in their paper Contracts & Coronavirus: Pathology & Prognosis of Frustration and Force Majeure Claims on Sporting and Cultural Events. They also highlight how these issues are relevant to a wide range of contracts, especially commercial ones, where performance is affected by the impact of the virus itself or the restrictions as a result of it.
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