ARTICLE: IS COVID-19 AN EVENT OF “FORCE MAJEURE” UNDER GREEK LAW?

by Achilleas Christodoulou, Associate

Although there is no ad hoc case law in Greece regarding an epidemic as a force majeure event indications can be found in older legal literature (a “plague of cholera” as an example of force majeure in K. Simantiras ‘General Principles of Civil Law) or as dicta in court decisions (see CA of Larisa 185/2018 where an “epidemic disease” is included among other facts/events that may constitute a force majeure). …

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