Covid-19 lockdowns and BI claims: six years on

The Covid-19 pandemic gave rise to an unprecedented level of complex BI claims and the resulting litigation has stretched the capacity of the courts

IT is six years since the UK government took the unprecedented decision to put the UK into lockdown in response to the arrival and spread of Covid-19. That decision had a seismic effect on businesses and their business interruption insurers and spawned a wave of insurance litigation.