Playing by the rules: Covid-19 and the Premier League
A Commercial Court judgment involving the high value rights to broadcast Premier League football matches in China, handed down last week, highlights some of the dilemmas many commercial contracting parties continue to face in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic and the importance of having clear contractual rights which can be enforced to protect their position. As the judge in the case described, “The pandemic has impacted the lives, livelihoods and activities of almost everyone on the planet.”