MES Contract Law Seminar Part 2
Speakers
We would be delighted to welcome you to our Contract Law Seminar 2022 for Media, Entertainment & Sports lawyers.
The Seminar will be delivered online by Bird & Bird partner Andrew White, along with colleagues from our International Media, Entertainment and Sports Group. The Seminar will run as a webinar in two parts, on separate dates.
As usual, our goal is to provide you with in-depth, up-to-date knowledge, combined with practical and commercially focused insights.
| 16:00 - 17:00 |
Welcome: Andy Danson, Head of Media, Entertainment and Sport Contract Law cases: Andrew White will cover the enforcement of unusual or onerous clauses in B2B contracts, including Blu-Sky Solutions v Be Caring; milestone decisions on contract interpretation including a 'carve-out' to a liability clause (PTT v Triple Point), and a challenge to an 'absurd' payment clause (Woden Park v Monsolar); a claim for 'wasted expenditure' under a commercial contract and the interpretation of the exclusion clause (Soteria (formerly CIS) v IBM), and a whistle-stop tour of other contract developments. |
| 17:00 - 17:30 | Force majeure clauses and ‘reasonable endeavours’ in the context of international sanctions: Russell Williamson will consider the recent MUR Shipping BV v RTI Ltd decision, which addressed – in view of Russian sanctions - the proper construction of a force majeure clause and whether a party could overcome its contractual non-performance as a result an unexpected event by way of a reasonable endeavours obligation. The decision is of particular interest to parties facing difficulties in complying with their contractual obligations as a result of sanctions associated with the Ukraine conflict. |
This Seminar will be chaired and facilitated by Lereesa Easterbrook.