Welcome to the 2020 edition of our internationally focused Annual Review of English Construction Law Developments.
Prompted by recent caselaw on the topic, last year’s Annual Review contained a detailed overview of the causation requirements for claims under force majeure clauses, with particular reference to the FIDIC forms. Force majeure is now a topic of intense interest in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. There have been further developments within English law and we revisit the topic in this year’s edition with a focus on claims arising from the pandemic.
