Contract law 2025 update

This webinar will examine the latest developments in contract law. Expert speaker Helen Swaffield will cover the new cases and provide practical litigation and drafting tips.

Topics covered include:

• Using emojis as part of a “written” contract
• Negotiations when performance has begun – the traps
• Is it the end of good faith as we know it?
• The end of Canada Steamship Guidelines in indemnity drafting – what does this mean for protecting your clients?
• New ways to carve out exceptions from the exclusion clause
• Trick and tips for the guarantor
• What is a deliberate or wilful breach?
• Persistent, substantial, material breach re-defined
• Asymmetrical force majeure clauses and why you may need to check yours
• The Hague Convention finally changes law and jurisdiction clauses