COVID-19 has had a monumental effect on contractual relations in the past months. Its reach has been expansive, affecting commercial, consumer and insurance agreements throughout the country.
While much legal ink has been spilled in the last few weeks on how the pandemic could frustrate contracts or invoke what are known as force majeure clauses so as to relieve parties of their contractual obligations, there is a another aspect of contract law that should not be overlooked—the duty of honest contractual performance. MORE.