Force majeure and hardship are often conflated, despite carrying different thresholds and legal consequences.
In this article, our partner Hashem AlAidarous هاشم العيدروس and associate Rakshit Akshay Jha examine how UAE civil law and the common law frameworks of the DIFC and ADGM treat these concepts differently, and why the same contractual disruption may produce materially different outcomes depending on the governing law.