Business interruption insurance: Covid-19 claims

In Princess Theatre Pty Ltd v Ansvar Insurance Ltd [2024] VSC 363 Michael Osborne J considered claims by a number of Melbourne's leading theatres for losses incurred from enforced closures during the Covid-19 pandemic. The issues raised by the case are all familiar, and the theatres were able to recover about 10 per cent of their claimed losses.

Princess Theatre: the facts