Perspective
11 Mar 2020
5 minute read
Initiate claims and contract dispute resolution
Business continuity & financing | Recover: Learn and emerge stronger
Navigating the impact of COVID-19 on contractual obligations
Claims & dispute resolution
This piece explores how businesses can identify, assess and manage the risks of disruption due to COVID-19 by surveying the effects of potential disruptions along the supply chain, strain on commercial relationships and the increasing risk of failing to meet contractual obligations. Whatever the circumstance, it is important that businesses are thinking ahead to be in a state of readiness to resolve contractual challenges or navigate contentious scenarios to protect the future of the business and preserve important commercial relationships during this time.
Insight and lessons:
- Put in place a structured mechanism
- Contractual obligations
- Underperforming contracts
- Failing to meet contractual supply obligations
- Changed context for a transactional contract
Elizabeth Gutteridge
Deloitte - United Kingdom
Elizabeth is a senior Financial Advisory partner. She leads Deloitte’s Disputes practice in the UK and globally. She has been a partner since 2006, advising clients and their legal advisers in the resolution of disputes. Formerly an auditor, she is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales. She is appointed regularly as an expert witness, providing written and oral evidence in Courts across the world. Elizabeth also leads multi-disciplinary international teams of sector and technical experts to advise clients and their lawyers in high profile litigation in a range of industries. She has particular experience in advising on claims resulting from the infringement of IP rights as well as providing commercial advice to assist settlement negotiations in the early stages of disputes. Elizabeth’s eminence in her market has been recognised by Who’s Who Legal, naming her as one of the world’s leading expert witnesses.
