COVID-19 legal resources

03/03/2020

COVID-19

The spread of COVID-19 (Novel Coronavirus) is affecting international travel, commerce and migration. Commonwealth and state agencies have implemented travel bans and quarantine measures, which might in turn affect contractual, common law and statutory rights. InBrief will periodically alert members to links to resources on the legal consequences of the coronavirus outbreak.

• Corrs Chambers Westgarth,Legal consequences of coronavirus outbreak on contracts: force majeure and frustration

• Norton Rose Fulbright,Coronavirus and Discrimination: The balance between protecting the workforce and community and avoiding unlawful discrimination

• Linklaters, Novel coronavirus: practice guide of significant commercial and legal issues

• Medical Indemnity Protection Society, Coronavirus update for practitioners