United Kingdom: Coronavirus (COVID-19)

In CP Holdings Limited and Ors v Assicurazioni Generali SpA and Ors [2026] EWHC 1520 (Comm), the Commercial Court rejected an attempt by the insureds to recover approximately €160m in Covid-19 business...

The UK Supreme Court has ruled on whether government furlough payments received during the COVID-19 pandemic must be deducted from business interruption insurance claims under policy savings clauses. The decision addresses fundamental questions about the economic substance of government relief measures and their treatment under the indemnity principle, with significant implications for insurers and policyholders navigating similar disputes.

The Supreme Court has resolved a critical question in pandemic business interruption claims: whether government furlough payments under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme must be deducted from insurance payouts.

The UK Supreme Court has ruled on whether government furlough payments received during the COVID-19 pandemic must be deducted from business interruption insurance claims under policy savings clauses. The decision addresses fundamental questions about the economic substance of government relief measures and their treatment under the indemnity principle, with significant implications for insurers and policyholders navigating similar disputes.

Over five years since the first Covid lockdown, James Walters and Amy Russell-Hughes reflect on the pandemic's impact on workplace practices.

The recent decision of Henshaw J in Bunge S.A v Pan Ocean Co. Ltd. (The "Sagar Ratan") [2025] EWHC 193 (Admiralty) analyses issues that often arise out of shipping delays caused by infectious diseases.

From the outset of lockdown regulations in England on 26 March 2020, breaches have been punishable with a fine, and subject to a system of FPNs, by which a prosecution could be avoided if a fixed sum is paid within 28 days, ...

The European Council's Data Protection Day is on 28 January. COVID-19, the gig economy and technological advances are all key data protection topics for the year ahead.

Research by law firm BLM into potential misuse of coronavirus fiscal support schemes has revealed that by the close of June 2021, HM Revenues & Customers (HMRC)...

The British Business Bank's ("BBB") Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme ("CBILS") was first introduced in April 2021. The new iteration of the Scheme, the Recovery Loan Scheme ("RLS")...

The COVID-19 outbreak has resulted in unprecedented shocks to the world economy and a particularly hard hit to the global oil market.

This included building the business around future demand, developing new online opportunities and focussing on sustainability.