Commercial Update: Lawful economic duress and reasonableness – an analysis by Christopher Edwards
24th May 2019
Commercial barrister Christopher Edwards analyses the Court of Appeal decision in Times Travel (UK) v Pakistan International Airlines Corporation and its impact on the criteria of lawful economic duress and reasonableness in commercial contracts.
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