Alan McMillan, Stuart Murdoch, and Joanna Fulton bring you the latest advice on payment obligations in light of the coronavirus pandemic in the UK. They discuss a range of payment-related questions and how businesses may be affected including:

  • The basic contract concepts and why they matter including:
    • Frustration
    • Force majeure
    • Mutuality
  • What the key things are you should be checking
  • Whether you can withhold payment
  • What will happen if you don’t pay
  • Whether you can get your money back
  • Whether you can continue to charge customers if you can’t provide the service

The information included in this webinar does not constitute legal advice, for specific queries please get in touch with your usual Burness Paull contact.

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Alan McMillan

Partner

Real Estate Litigation

Alan heads up the Real Estate Litigation team, he represents clients from the whole spectrum of the property and commercial sectors.

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Joanna Fulton

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Dispute Resolution

Joanna is divisional head of our Dispute Resolution team. She advises on a wide range of commercial disputes, often multi-party cross-border claims. She has unrivalled experience in group litigation.

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