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Could COVID-19 be qualified as a Force Majeure event?

Nick.S2020-10-22T21:04:36+00:00Categories: Corporate & Commercial|Tags: Corporate And Commercial Law, legal systems|

The ‘force majeure’ term is commonly used in commercial contracts to define incidents that may occur and are totally [...]

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