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    Contracts, cancellations and COVID-19

    Aug 06, 2020 4 minutes

    When we ran our Authors in the Health Crisis survey in May, we found that four out of five professional authors had suffered significant financial losses during the health crisis, with contracts and events cancelled, and other projects indefinitely postponed.

    This month, we look at some contractual issues to consider if you have suffered financially following cancellations of pre-Covid commitments. Although we are thinking of the impact of the health crisis here, what follows applies equally to anyone who finds themselves facing a cancellation at any other time.

    If you believe that a contract has been wrongfully terminated or breached, you have six years from discovery of

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