Last Orders: Will the FBD ‘test cases’ be the last word on business interruption claims?

The decision of the High Court in Hyper Trust Limited t/a The Leopardstown Inn & Others – v – FBD Insurance plc may have drawn a line under the impacted pubs’ disputes but the question remains as to the wider effect of the judgment, to include the criteria to be applied in the assessment of losses for business interruption claims arising from Covid-19.

In this article, Martin Browne and Jenny Havard comment on this judgment and how it will impact businesses going forward.

February 2021 – Last Orders Will the FBD test cases be the last word on business interrupton claims – final