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合同受阻的发展
在英国法下，合同受阻原则一直以来都是一个难题。尤其是因为它常被错误地与大陆法系下的“不可抗力”概念联系起来。

此外，船东常有一种错误的观点，即，如果合同履行不同于预期，那么就可以根据合同受阻原则，退出合同。

以上两种情况都没有正确理解合同受阻的法律立场，很可能导致所做决定不仅不能通过正确执行该原则终止合同，反而使得期望退出合同的一方违反租船合同。

详细信息请参阅附件。

Frustration of a Charterparty

The Development
The doctrine of frustration under English law has been a difficult topic, not least because it is often erroneously associated with the civil law concept of “force majeure”.

There is a mistaken perception that because a contract works out differently than intended that this doctrine allows an exit to the deal.

In both situations a misunderstanding of the correct legal position may lead to decisions being made that do not result in the contract being ended due to a correct implementation of the doctrine, but results in a breach of the charterparty by the party seeking to exit.

See attached file:
ALCO20140034 Frustration of a Charterparty.pdf
The 16 million dollar question _July 2014.pdf