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If the business was closed due to COVID-19, the lease must be reduced by half
- 13/06/2022
The Court of Milan, section XIII, with ruling of 6 April 2022, n. 3020, on commercial leases and COVID - 19, condemned a restaurateur to pay rents and overdue condominium expenses, reducing the amounts by 50%, in light of the decrease of utility of commercial spaces during the lockdown. The Judge, in fact, noted that, due to objective circumstances not attributable to the contractual parties, the lease contract had remained partially breached by the owner, who had not been able for several months (from 1 April 2020 to 11 October 2021) to allow to the restaurateur the agreed use.
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The Council of State reaffirms some principles in the field of public procurement
02/05/2024The Council of State, Section V, in its judgment of 12 February 2024, no. 1372, rendered on the subject of tender contracts, ruled that the instrument of "soccorso istruttorio" cannot be used to re...
The Contracting Authority enjoys wide discretion in the evaluation of technical offers
18/04/2024The Council of State, section V, in its judgement of 27 February 2024, no. 1911, rendered on the subject of tenders, reaffirmed that "the evaluation of the tenders and, likewise, the awarding of sc...
- 15/04/2024
The Court of Cassation, in its judgement of 20 March 2024, no. 7329, rendered in banking matters, ruled that "in bank account agreements, the statement of account balance has evidentiary effectiven...