Court rules FBD must cover pubs' losses for early closures during pandemic

With regard to staff wages and salaries claims, each of the claims made by Sean’s Bar, Sinnotts and Lemon & Duke have been successful in part

The Dublin bars, including Sinnotts on South King Street in Dublin City centre, are entitled to be indemnified in respect of their losses during the relevant periods between June and September 2020 and in December 2020. Picture: Brian Lawless/PA

The High Court has clarified certain issues raised in four publicans' ongoing test actions over FBD's failure to pay out on business disruption claims caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.

The issues relate to the quantum of losses sought in actions brought by Dublin bars Aberken, trading as Sinnott's Bar; Hyper Trust Ltd, trading as ‘The Leopardstown Inn' and ‘Inn on Hibernian Way’ Ltd trading as Lemon & Duke in Dublin.