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Australia
Swaab
A Queensland court ruling upheld workers' right to say no to Covid-19 vaccinations.
Sydney Criminal Lawyers
A class action lawsuit was brought against Carnival Cruises over its negligent handling of the Covid-19 outbreak.
Holding Redlich
During the COVID-19 pandemic, there were often periods in which carrying on "business as usual" was unlawful.
Sydney Criminal Lawyers
Redfern Legal Centre challenged the validity of COVID fines, as they failed to comply with the Fines Act 1996.
Sydney Criminal Lawyers
The class action aims to recover compensation for injuries obtained as a result of taking Covid-19 vaccines.
Criminal Defence Lawyers Australia
The New South Wales government cancelled around 33,000 COVID-19 related fines after conceding that they were too vague.
O'Brien Criminal & Civil Solicitors
The court found that the COVID-19 fines failed to meet the legal requirements of section 20 of the Fines Act (NSW).
Sydney Criminal Lawyers
The court heard that the cruise line's negligent conduct resulted in COVID-19 being unleashed on Sydney and beyond.
Belgium
Altius
The Supreme Court ("Hof van Cassatie/Court of Cassation") overruled on 26 May 2023 a decision that determined that Article 1722 (old) Civil Code (a partial or total "destruction" of the leased premises)...
Canada
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
The COVID-19 pandemic led to significant stress on commercial tenancy relationships throughout Canada. Recently, the Alberta Court of King's Bench released a decision in 1218807...
McCarthy Tétrault LLP
The Ontario Court of Appeal ("ONCA") recently released a decision that complicates the jurisprudence with respect to how courts will interpret force majeure clauses within commercial leases...
Gowling WLG
The impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic as it relates to force majeure clauses in contracts is continuing to be felt by parties as Ontario courts are working through the backlog of cases.
Bennett Jones LLP
Early on in the COVID-19 pandemic, many businesses began to scrutinize force majeure clauses in their commercial contracts and leases. Such contractual clauses, when engaged...
Goodmans LLP
Although it has been three years since the COVID-19 pandemic hit Canada with full force in March 2020, the courts continue to address the fallout. In November 2022, we published a case update...
Daoust Vukovich LLP
Recent News ReLeases have explored arguments made by tenants who failed to pay rent during the COVID-19 pandemic...
Torys LLP
The Ontario Court of Appeal weighed in on the consequences and remedies of a force majeure. While many cases focus on whether a force majeure event has occurred, here it was not in dispute.
Miller Thomson LLP
Le 13 mars 2020, le gouvernement du Québec déclarait l'état d'urgence sanitaire sur tout le territoire québécois en raison de la pandémie de la COVID-19.
France
Kennedys
Case involved an application for the annulment of French travel package legislation created in light of COVID-19.
Haas Avocats
La pandémie de COVID-19, puis la crise russo-ukrainienne, ont eu pour conséquence de bouleverser l'équilibre de nombreux contrats, parmi lesquels figurent les contrats informatiques.
TLC Legal
A large number of Show Cause Notices (SCN) have been issued under Section 73 of the Central/State Goods And Services Tax Act, 2017 ("CGST"/"SGST") for the Financial Year 2017-18 in the month of September 2023.
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