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Author: Claire Hellweg* Jurisdiction: International Topics: Defences Prior to the current COVID-19 pandemic, recent trends have indicated that international tribunals are reluctant to accept claims of force majeure as a valid excuse for not performing contractual agreements, as evidenced by the small number of accepted claims.[1] In 2003, the International […]