Businesses seeking insurance payouts for losses caused by COVID-19 may come up against interesting defences on causation points, barristers say.
The 5 March,
when the pandemic became a ‘notifiable disease’, will be a significant date for
businesses who source products from China―losses occurring before then may be
excluded. Lawyers should also note that ‘mitigation of loss is likely to prove
one of the most hostile battlegrounds’ in coronavirus litigation.
Trio of recruits strengthens Switalskis residential property team
Birmingham law firm appoints construction partner
Flint Bishop accelerates Northern growth through strategic senior appointments
A longer time limit for employment tribunal claims, new charity law thresholds, property tribunal recruitment and appellate guidance on small-claims costs feature in the latest Civil Way round-up
