GUFFS, THE LAW AND YOU

YOUR legal queries answered by Human Farts Barrister Quercus Petraea KC

MY MATE bet me £20 that I couldn’t eat four kebabs with extra chili sauce in 20 minutes, and I took him on. All was going well until midway through the third kebab, when I violently shat my pants. Can any lawyers reading this advise whether or not I can use the Force Majeure clause to deem the bet null and void, since the devastation caused in my kecks was certainly ‘an extreme, unforeseeable event’ that prevented me from fulfilling my contractual obligation? Captain Catpain, Horsham * Quercus says… Force Majeure literally means Greater Force, and refers to events that are outside the control of any party, such as earthquakes and tornados. Your description of your misfortune being ‘extreme and unforeseeable’ would constitute Force Majeure, but other qualities of the term require it…

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