Performing Contracts in COVID-19 Times in England and in France: Different Responses, Same Result?

British Association of Comparative Law Blog 2020

4 Pages Posted: 16 Dec 2020 Last revised: 27 Apr 2022

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Catherine Pédamon

School of Law, University of Westminster

Radosveta Vassileva

Middlesex University - School of Law

Date Written: November 6, 2020

Abstract

Neither France nor England has an ideal solution to the challenges posed by COVID-19 for contractual performance. Messy and limited state intervention or narrowly construed doctrines may not address the needs of contracting parties.

Keywords: COVID-19, contractual performance, supervening events, comparative law, state intervention in contract law

Suggested Citation

Pédamon, Catherine and Vassileva, Radosveta, Performing Contracts in COVID-19 Times in England and in France: Different Responses, Same Result? (November 6, 2020). British Association of Comparative Law Blog 2020, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3747905 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3747905

Catherine Pédamon

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