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Decision on compensation sums in four test cases awaited by 1,000 pubs and restaurants

FBD costs hearing in July must finish within two weeks Judge tells parties correspondence must be in a professional and business-like manner about 3 hours ago Aodhan O'Faolain   A July hearing to determine the amount of losses incurred by four publicans, who won test actions over FBD’s failure to pay out on business disruption claims caused by Covid-19, must finish within the allotted two weeks, a High Court judge has said. Mr Justice McDonald said on Wednesday it would ...

Court rules publicans entitled to costs against FBD, but not at highest scale Reporter:  '); The High Court has ruled that four publicans who won significant test actions over FBD's failure to pay out on business disruption claims caused by Covid-19, are entitled to their legal costs, but not on the highest scale.   In his judgement Mr Justice Denis McDonald said that while it was accepted that the actions were important test actions. He said that the court, after considering various legal authorities on the issue could see no proper basis to order that the costs should be assessed on the ...

Legal Affairs Correspondent Legal costs in the case taken by four pubs who successfully challenged insurance company FBD about a failure to compensate them for the disruption they suffered due to Covid-19, should be awarded in the normal way, the High Court has ruled. The four test cases were taken by Dublin pubs, Sinnotts Bar, the Leopardstown Inn and Lemon & Duke, as well as Sean's Bar in Athlone. Three of the pubs had argued that costs in the case should be awarded on the more onerous "legal practitioner and own client" basis rather than the usual party and party basis.