Hogan Lovells Publications | 30 March 2020

The impact of COVID-19 on contract performance under Dutch law

Suspend now and worry about the (legal) consequences later? As the COVID-19 crisis is more and more unfolding, newspapers report about retailers simply suspending their (rental) payments or cancel existing contracts in order to preserve cash liquidity. As the present circumstances are unprecedented, companies seem to be less worried about the question whether they even have a (contractual) right to suspend, having cash preservation as their number one priority.

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