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When force majeure has not been provided for in the contract (or the relevant event does not fall within the scope of the force majeure clause), and a supervening event prevents performance, it will be a breach of contract. The law of frustration will be the sole remaining course available to the party in default to end the contract.
A force majeure clause is designed to protect against failures to perform contractual obligations caused by unavoidable events beyond a party’s control, such as natural disasters. Force majeure clauses are primarily used to identify circumstances in which performance of contract may be forgiven. [6] An example:
Often spoken of interchangeably as "act of God" provisions, force majeure clauses can free both parties in a contract from obligation or liability in circumstances beyond either party's control.
The habendum clause sets out these terms, as well as most significantly, identifying the parties to the transaction and their interests in the conveyed real property. An oil and gas lease generally includes a force majeure clause. Such agreement relieves the lessee from liability for breach, if the party's performance is impeded as the result ...
The hardship clause is sometimes used in relation to force majeure, particularly because they share similar features and they both cater to situations of changed circumstances. The difference between the two concepts is that hardship is the performance of the disadvantaged party becoming much more burdensome but still possible.
Clausula rebus sic stantibus comes from Latin (where rebus sic stantibus is Latin for "with things thus standing" or, more idiomatically, "as things stand").. A key figure in the formulation of clausula rebus sic stantibus was the Italian jurist Scipione Gentili (1563–1616), who is generally credited for coining the maxim omnis conventio intelligitur rebus sic stantibus ('every convention is ...
A force majeure clause is a contract clause that allows parties to be free of liability and obligation in the event that an extraordinary capacity event beyond the parties control occurs. There has been much debate regarding whether or not COVID-19 is considered an extraordinary capacity event that would be covered by the force majeure clause ...
Force majeure. Frustration of purpose; Impossibility; Impracticability; Hardship; Set-off; Illusory promise 1; Statute of frauds 1; Non est factum 1; Unclean hands 1; Accord and satisfaction 1; Exculpatory clause; Interpretation; Parol evidence 3; Contract of adhesion; Integration clause; Contra proferentem; UNIDROIT Principles; Dispute ...