Wesgro Webinar: Navigating Contracts During the COVID-19 Crisis for Exporters

WESGRO WEBINAR  |  Navigating Contracts During the COVID-19 Crisis for Exporters

HOST: Erica Joubert, International Trade Manager at Wesgro 
PANELISTS: 
  - Tracy van Why, Corporate Commercial Executive at ENSAfrica  
  - Esti Brand, Dispute Resolution Senior Associate at ENSAfrica 
  - Sarah Binge, Corporate Commercial Senior Associate at ENSAfrica 

Wesgro's International Trade Manager talks to industry experts from ENSafrica on how to navigate contracts during the COVID-19 crisis.
Topics include:
(1) An introduction to contracts, the common law and contractual breach
(2) Common law principles of possibility of performance / supervening impossibility
(3) Understanding what force majuere is and whether COVID-19 would constitute a force majeure event
(4) When a party’s non-performance due to impossibility can be excused in the absence of a force majeure clause
(5) Why time is of the essence with force majeure
(6) Steps a party should take if it cannot perform
(7) Who is responsible for losses
(8) Resolution of disputes during the current lockdown
(9) Tips for negotiating contracts during the COVID-19 crisis