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Betterment has rarely been advanced as a defence in English courts until now, post-Grenfell, with the advent of building-safety defect claims. This article takes a closer look at this...

Francesco Albanese is a trainee solicitor and Lucy Hawley is an associate at law firm BCLP Betterment has rarely been advanced as a defence in English

Francesco Albanese is a trainee solicitor and Lucy Hawley is an associate at law firm BCLP Betterment has rarely been advanced as a defence in English

5 January 2021, the Supreme Court handed down its judgment in The Financial Conduct Authority v Arch and Others: how the law has changed in light of the judgment and looks at certain practical issues that policyholders may need to consider going forward.

On 15 January 2021, the Supreme Court handed down its judgment in The Financial Conduct Authority v Arch and Others. Our alert of 19 January 2021 considered the implications of the judgment for policyholders seeking to claim for business interruption losses inflicted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The judgment represents the final word on the issues considered in the test case and is generally helpful to policyholders with non-damage business interruption coverage extensions. However, as noted in t...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: On 15 January 2021, the Supreme Court handed down its judgment in the FCA COVID-19 test case, heard on a “leapfrog” appeal (bypassing the Court of Appeal) from the first instance decision of Lord Justice Flaux and Mr Justice Butcher (see our previous blogs here and here ). The Supreme Court judgment can be accessed here. The Supreme Court substantially allowed the appeals of the Financial Conduct Authority  (“ FCA”) on behal...

15 January 2021 Insurance – Business interruption insurance – COVID-19 The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) commenced the present test case under the Financial Markets Test Case Scheme (the scheme) for the benefit of insurance policyholders, who held insurance policies which covered them against losses arising from interruption of business, to urgently clarify whether or not there was cover in principle under a variety of different standard insurance policies for COVID-19 related business ...