No, that won’t work BUT

Write to them saying: we had a contract (you to provide hotel, me to pay); the contract has been what lawyers call “frustrated” (no one at fault but the contract now cannot be performed, because of the pandemic); and the law (specifically the Law Reform (Frustrated Contracts) Act 1943) says that you are entitled to your money back under a frustrated contract.

Posted By: Old Git on April 10th 2020 at 18:05:22

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Jury’s Inn keeping our money (Coronavirus) - jackamo, Apr 10, 15:54:05
- thats shit given the times (Coronavirus) - ghostof barry butler, Apr 10, 16:22:48
  - Yes my partner organised a surprise trip away in May for me (Coronavirus) - jackamo, Apr 10, 16:24:40
    - I had an ibis booked for the Man City away game and they cancelled it for me! (n/m) (Coronavirus) - Augustus Pablo, Apr 10, 16:38:47
    - Did tgey pay on credit card? (Coronavirus) - CWC, Apr 10, 16:36:42
      - Debit card? (n/m) (Coronavirus) - jackamo, Apr 10, 17:14:14
        
        No, that won’t work BUT (Coronavirus) - Old Git, Apr 10, 18:05:22
        
        Not frustrated yet though (Coronavirus) - CWC, Apr 10, 22:58:55
        
        Free legal advice or is the invoice in the post😃 (n/m) (Coronavirus) - emmaroyds, Apr 10, 18:07:30
        
        That’ll be 1,000 Guineas (Coronavirus) - Old Git, Apr 10, 18:15:52
        
        Doh, That's me bankrupt then.☹️ (n/m) (Coronavirus) - emmaroyds, Apr 10, 18:20:11
    - Apparently they're all trying that trick (Coronavirus) - emmaroyds, Apr 10, 16:30:53
      - Same with many of the UK holiday cottage companies (Coronavirus) - Dracula, Apr 10, 16:39:25
      - Problem is they haven't got the cash (n/m) (Coronavirus) - emmaroyds, Apr 10, 16:32:36
        
        But that’s not my problem! (n/m) (Coronavirus) - jackamo, Apr 10, 17:14:01
        
        Kind of is (n/m) (Coronavirus) - Charles21, Apr 10, 19:41:06
- 12 bad men (n/m) (Coronavirus) - Augustus Pablo, Apr 10, 16:10:44
- Not many good reviews about them. (Coronavirus) - emmaroyds, Apr 10, 15:57:09
  - They are infuriating (n/m) (Coronavirus) - jackamo, Apr 10, 16:13:26

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