Construction weekly highlights—10 November 2022

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This week's edition of Construction weekly highlights includes a case in which the Court of Appeal considered whether the respondent was entitled to rely on a force majeure clause when the effects of the potential force majeure event could have been avoided by the acceptance of payment in an alternative currency (MUR Shipping v RTI), a case in which the Commercial Court ruled that a party was not prevented from terminating a contract for convenience where the other party had invoked an ‘excusable delay’ clause (Optimares v Qatar Airways), analysis of liability for the impact of strike action on contracts, publication of a report by Kings College London’s (KCL) providing a snapshot of UK's construction adjudication, and the release of the Construction Products Association (CPA)’s autumn forecast.