Legal updates: December 2020

In this month’s round up, Gateley Legal’s Sophie Brookes examines whether Covid-19 had a ‘material adverse effect’ in Travelport, complexities over ‘no reflective loss’ principle, and updated Companies House guidance on People with Significant Control (PSC) regime

Case: ‘Material adverse effect’ allows buyer to terminate agreement

The High Court has considered the meaning of a ‘material adverse effect’ condition in a share purchase agreement and, specifically, whether the Covid-19 pandemic had in fact had such a material adverse effect on the target business.

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