Tag: Force Majeure

COVID-19 And Force Majeure Clauses – Scaling the Hurdle

COVID-19 And Force Majeure Clauses – Scaling the Hurdle

Kwesi Papa Owusu-Ankomah- February 27, 2021

Introduction  Ever so often, commercial persons have concerned themselves with what they consider the operative parts of contracts they enter into. Typically, boilerplate clauses which ... Read More

Implications of COVID-19 on Contracts: Doctrine of Frustration and Force Majeure

Implications of COVID-19 on Contracts: Doctrine of Frustration and Force Majeure

Yaw Marfo Amankwah- April 20, 2020

The world is literally at a standstill because of the novel coronavirus also known as COVID-19. On 30 March 2020, the President of the Republic ... Read More

English Court Rejects Tullow’s Force Majeure Defence to Contract Termination

English Court Rejects Tullow’s Force Majeure Defence to Contract Termination

Samuel Alesu-Dordzi- July 9, 2018

The Business and Property Courts of England and Wales in the case of Seadrill Ghana Limited v Tullow Ghana Limitedhas rejected a force majeure defence ... Read More