Coronavirus: Force majeure? Hardship? Deferral of obligations? Some practical elements advice for the analysis and reaction of clauses
1. Coronavirus has had devastating effects on our economy and the impact of this pandemic on contract law has been as virulent as the coronavirus itself.
It is appropriate to introduce this study by recalling the milestones of the coronavirus phenomenon in view of the change in circumstances.
Outbreak of the virus in Wuhan province, Hubei. On 31 December 2019, the authorities announced for the first time clustered cases of pneumonia of unknown origin; all 41 infected people had attended the Huanan food market.