LISTEN: Alison Hardy, partner at Ashurst, explains the Supreme Court’s decision in Financial Conduct Authority v Arch Insurance Ltd and others [2021] UKSC 1; [2021] PLSCS 12, a test case on the applicability of business interruption insurance policies to the circumstances arising out of Covid-19.
Hardy looks at the practical implications for afflicted tenants, their landlords and the insurers themselves.
In addition, she offers her views on the other main battlegrounds likely to keep the courts busy in the wake of the pandemic.
