Blog: Top court cases that shaped the market
James Breese, senior associate at Fenchurch Law, lists the Covid-19 court cases that impacted the insurance industry in 2021 and discusses what lies ahead in 2022.
Covid-19 continued to dominate the headlines during the course of 2021. While we hope 2022 might finally see the beginning of the end of the pandemic, the litigation will inevitably rumble on. In this article, I review the litigation that shaped 2021, and consider what might follow in 2022.
FCA test case
It all started with the FCA test case and the Supreme Court’s judgment in January 2021. The outcome of the test case is well known; however, it is worth highlighting some key points:
The
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