English Commercial Law - boilerplate clauses (Force Majeure)
In the event of an event beyond the control of either party, a force majeure provision is meant to suspend or cancel the contractual obligations (eg fire, flood, storm etc). Since they are the ones required to supply and/or transport the products, the seller or deliverer typically benefits from a force majeure provision. The fulfillment of the contract will be suspended for a predetermined amount of time if one or more of the stated events take place. The contract will be deemed to have ended if the event is still going on after that time frame. Depending on the parties' relative bargaining positions, either one or both will be able to end the agreement. The contract must specify the events that constitute force majeure. The schedule of events may spark considerable debate. The traditional ones include "Acts of God," bad weather like snowstorms or floods, war, riots, government intervention, embargoes, or strikes by outside parties, and, in light of the coronavirus, epidemics and pandemics.
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