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ARTICLE · 22 MARCH 2020

Construction Law Issues Resulting From COVID-19 Outbreak – A Spanish Perspective

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Due to the strict deadlines and responsibilities of each party, one of the industries most affected by COVID-19 is the construction industry.

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Due to the strict deadlines and responsibilities of each party, one of the industries most affected by COVID-19 is the construction industry. 

As COVID-19 affects countries all over the world and across all industries, many foreign contractors may be currently developing construction projects in Spain.

In the construction industry, it is quite common for a project to be faced with facts that can be described as fortuitous events or force majeure, precisely because these are long-term contracts, in which unforeseen events often occur, both for the developer and for the builder. For that reason, in this article, we turn our attention to the concept of force majeure.

Force majeure and fortuitous events

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