On the Case: What the FCA decision means for tenants, landlords and insurers

Alison Hardy, partner at Ashurst, explains the Supreme Court's decision in Financial Conduct Authority v Arch Insurance Ltd and others, 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 for 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.