Charwin Limited T/A Charlie's Bar v Zavarovalnica Sava
Insurance Company D.D [2021] IEHC 489
The High Court has found that the circumstances of the COVID-19
pandemic, although entirely unprecedented, do not trigger
sufficient public policy considerations to require a dispute to be
determined in a public court as opposed to a private
arbitration.
Background
The plaintiff company, the owner and operator of a public house
trading as ‘Charlie's Bar', commenced proceedings
against the defendant, its insurer, arising from the closure of the
plaintiff's public house on 15 March 2020 due to COVID-19 and
the defendant's refusal to provide an indemnity to it under
its insurance policy.
