Termination Provision News Today

In its recent decision, Forbes v. Glenmore Printing Ltd., 2023 BCSC 25 (“Glenmore”), the Supreme Court of British Columbia rejected an argument that a contractual termination provision...

Worker argued individual termination pay ceiling didn't meet statutory minimum for mass terminations

'Ensuring that the contract is valid and fully enforceable is a particularly challenging endeavour'

Ontario Court of Appeal reaffirms strict interpretation of termination language

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In a recent decision, causation proved to be a determinative factor in the viability of multiple claims subject to the same force majeure clause. District judge rules that broad...

Highlights Applying New York law, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York rules that a party can invoke a contractual force majeure provision to terminate a contract on the ground that the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting government-imposed restrictions on business operations fit within the meaning of a "natural disaster." The courts ruling joins the growing list of jurisdictions that have interpreted "natural disaster" to extend beyond weather-related and environmental di...

Properly Invoked to Terminate Auction Consignment Contract On December 16, 2020, Judge Denise Cote of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York issued an Opinion and Order holding, as a matter of first impression, that the Covid-19 pandemic was a “natural disaster” within the meaning of a  force majeure clause. Therefore, the Court held, an auction house was excused from performing a consignment contract. See  JN Contemporary Art LLC v. Phillips Auctioneers...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic constituted a “natural disaster” under a contract’s force majeure provision, Judge Denise Cote of the US District Court for the Southern District of New York recently ruled in JN Contemporary Art LLC v. Phillips Auctioneers LLC, No. 20-cv-4370, 2020 WL 7405262 (SDNY Dec. 16, 2020). This decision appears to be one of the first by a federal judge concerning such contractual language. Other cour...