MCBA “Bureau of Lawyers “De jure” opened a series of anti-crisis online conferences for business

On April 22, an online conference “Rental relations in the new reality, legal aspects” was held organized by lawyers of MCBA “Bureau of Lawyers “De jure”. As the Head of the Bureau Nikita Filippov noted, opening the meeting, the main task today is to help business.  “We will explain what needs to be done in order to minimize the negative consequences, how to avoid litigation, and if it comes to them, how not to be in a disadvantage due to unfulfilled procedures,”- Filippov noted. Another help should be the “anti-crisis” discount on legal assistance for conference participants – 25% of the cost of services for the duration of the restrictive measures associated with the pandemic.

In her report, Valentina Petrova, First Deputy Head of MCBA “Bureau of Lawyers “De jure”, elaborated on whether self-isolation regime can be considered force majeure or a significant change in circumstances.  “Both parties can take advantage of the circumstances of force majeure. For this, it is necessary to check how much the Landlord can provide the Tenant with the possibility of using the premises and how much the Tenant can use it,”- Valentina Petrova said.  She also noted that force majeure “regulates the issue of liability for non-performance of obligations, but does not allow participants not to pay at all.”

Lawyer of “De jure” Yakov Bulut devoted his speech to the analysis of the situation from the perspective of the Tenant – what to do if the revenue has fallen and there is nothing to pay the rent, and candidate of jurisprudence, lawyer of “De jure” Rashid Gitinov explained what actions the Landlord can take: in which cases he will be forced to give a postponement to the Tenant, and in which he will not, what to do if the Tenant is unable or unwilling to pay.