{"id":2231,"date":"2020-07-28T12:32:03","date_gmt":"2020-07-28T10:32:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dotnewsconnect.co.za\/law\/?p=2231"},"modified":"2020-07-28T12:32:05","modified_gmt":"2020-07-28T10:32:05","slug":"the-pandemic-and-business-interruption-cover-can-you-claim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dotnewsconnect.co.za\/law\/2020\/the-pandemic-and-business-interruption-cover-can-you-claim\/","title":{"rendered":"The Pandemic and Business Interruption Cover \u2013 Can You Claim?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201c\u2026it must be asked whether, but for the Covid-19 outbreak, the interruption or interference to the Applicant&#8217;s business would have occurred when the Lockdown Regulations were promulgated\u201d (extract from the judgment below)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s no surprise that our media has been awash with reports on the recent High Court judgment around a restaurant\u2019s business interruption cover claims.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The restaurant in question, like many other businesses of all types and sizes, has been suffering severe losses from being forced to close (and latterly trade under very limited conditions) during the lockdown. Its business interruption claim in terms of an \u201cInfectious Diseases Extension\u201d clause in its policy (which it had faithfully been renewing annually since 2007) was rejected by the insurers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What caused your business losses? The two things you must prove\u2026<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sued by the restaurant, the insurers raised a whole slew of defences to the claim, all of them ultimately rejected by the Court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Of most interest to businesses holding this type of cover will be the central question of whether or not<strong>&nbsp;the wording of your particular policy<\/strong>, in particular any \u201cnotifiable disease extension\u201d clause (which in this case was a no-premium, \u201cfree cover\u201d extension) will cover you for losses sustained<strong>&nbsp;in the particular circumstances of this pandemic and the lockdown.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The clause in this particular case promised cover for &#8221;interruption or interference with the business due to (e) notifiable disease occurring within a radius of 50 km of the premises\u2026&#8221;.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The insurer argued that this covered only losses resulting from business interruption \u201cwhere the interruption is due to the Notifiable disease and not losses as a result of other causes\u201d and that in this case business was interrupted not by the Covid-19 outbreak but rather by the lockdown \u201cwhich is not insured under the Policy.\u201d&nbsp; It also argued that \u201cthere was no sufficient causal link between the Covid-19 outbreak and the [restaurant]&#8217;s eventual loss.\u201d The restaurant, it said, could have taken out other policies to specifically cover it in these circumstances but it chose not to do so.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a nutshell, the Court found that the restaurant had to show two things \u2013<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u201cThe Covid-19 as a Notifiable disease, caused or materially contributed to the &#8220;Lockdown Regulations&#8221; that gave rise to the Applicant&#8217;s claim (this is a factual enquiry). If it did not, then no legal liability can arise\u2026\u201d<\/li><li>\u201cIf it did, then the second question becomes relevant, namely whether the conduct is linked to the harm sufficiently closely or directly for legal liability to ensue, or whether the harm is too remote from the conduct\u201d.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Finding that the restaurant had indeed proved causation as above, the Court declared that it was covered for such of its losses as it \u201cis able to calculate and quantify from time to time\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">So are you covered?<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The insurers have said they are taking this matter on appeal to the Supreme Court of Appeal (the insurance industry as a whole of course faces substantial losses from these claims), but remember that your particular policy may anyway be worded so as to cover you. There are also media reports of similar claims being met by some insurers,&nbsp;and of interim relief being offered by others. As the Court in this case put it \u201ceach case must be decided upon its own facts and the law\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Moreover the Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) says that \u201cThe National Lockdown cannot be used by any insurer as grounds to reject a claim\u201d and that \u201cpolicyholders are able to claim in instances where they can show that they have satisfied the requirements of their specific policy, whether it was before, during or after the national lockdown\u201d. You can complain to the FSCA if you feel that you have been treated unfairly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:12px;margin-top:40px\"><strong>Disclaimer:<\/strong> The information provided herein should not be used or relied on as professional advice. No liability can be accepted for any errors or omissions nor for any loss or damage arising from reliance upon any information herein. Always contact your professional adviser for specific and detailed advice.<\/p><p style=\"font-size: 12px;color: #ccc;text-align: right\">\u00a9 LawDotNews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201c\u2026it must be asked whether, but for the Covid-19 outbreak, the interruption or interference to the Applicant&#8217;s business would have occurred when the Lockdown Regulations were promulgated\u201d (extract from the judgment below) It\u2019s no surprise that our media has been awash with reports on the recent High Court judgment around a restaurant\u2019s business interruption cover [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":101014,"featured_media":2232,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Pandemic and Business Interruption Cover \u2013 Can You Claim? 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