Mediation fails to resolve pub's dispute with insurer FBD over Covid-19 cover

The action by Dublin pub, Lemon & Duke, has implications for more than 1,000 pubs concerning insurance liability.

A mediation has failed to resolve a dispute between a Dublin pub and insurer FBD over whether FBD must pay for losses of pubs closed as a result of the Covid-19 lockdown, the Commercial Court has heard.

As a result, an action by the Lemon & Duke pub will be one of four test cases, to be heard in October. The case has implications for more than 1,000 pubs concerning insurance liability.