are there any lawfags about? i am in need of assistance/advice.

an event i was scheduled to attend in mid-April, in another country, has been cancelled. they blame coronavirus and site 'force majure'. and are therefore keeping the entry fees (thousands of dollars) and postponing the event to an unknown date in the future, possibly October.

this is a french company, but possibly outsourcing the actual running of the event to a local company (i'm getting a copy the contract, then i'll know who we're contracted to).

under french law, three tests are applied to the force majure defense (unless specifically mentioned in the contract), –must be unforeseeable, external, and irresistible. are these tests applied in common law countries? or just france?

the John Hopkins pandemic round table in October 2019 relating to a novel coronavirus disproves unforeseeable.

external, yes.

and you can easily resist a virus, as opposed to a hurricane or tornado.

so . . . the contract is probably worth more as toilet paper right now?

thoughts, criticisms, additions?