Mitigation, Damages and Force Majeure: the Supreme Court speaks in Sharp v Viterra and RTI v MUR

Mitigation, Damages and Force Majeure: the Supreme Court speaks in Sharp v Viterra and RTI v MUR

Time: 17:30 - 20:30
Venue: Quadrant Chambers, 10 Fleet Street, London, EC4Y 1AU

OVERVIEW

Following the recent Supreme Court decisions in Sharp v Viterra and RTI v MUR Chirag Karia KC, James Shirley, Gemma Morgan & Ben Gardner discussed the implications of those decisions. There is a common theme of mitigation but with very different results. Can these decisions be reconciled and what do they mean for the law of damages and force majeure?