Earlier this year, the Commercial Court found in favour of a
number of publicans in a business interruption test case
surrounding losses caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Our Litigation
& Dispute Resolution and Insurance & Reinsurance
Departments published a briefing on the outcome of the test
case here.
In this new briefing, we consider the learnings from the judgment
and the interpretation tools used by the Commercial Court in
interpreting the policy wording including:
- "Text in Context" Approach;
- The "Insured Peril";
- The Meaning of "Following";
- Causation;
- The Counterfactual Position; and
- Indemnity Considerations.
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