Law for fun

Dear Law for Fun members (and non group members who may be interested).

In these troubled times many of us have holidays and such like booked which we cannot take because of COVID.

Those of you who attended my session on contract will recall that I covered frustrated contracts. These are prime examples of frustrated contracts ( ie they cannot be performed for reasons beyond the control of each party). In such circumstances, subject to the deduction of reasonable expenses and payments, (the consideration) should be refunded.

Further indemnity can be found in section 75 of the Consumer Credit Act 1974 ( if you paid by credit card; you should always pay by credit card).

What do you do if the deposit has been paid and the full payment is due?

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AGM 2020 – Notification of Adjournment

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the 13th Annual General Meeting of Maghull and
Lydiate University of the Third Age which was due to be held at Maghull
Baptist Church, Hall Lane, Maghull, Liverpool, L31 3EJ on Tuesday 16th June,
2020 will now be postponed. This is due to the Governments current
lockdown and social distancing requirements, resulting from the Coronavirus
(Covid-19) pandemic.

The full text is here