The Unsung Hero? ATE insurance for your Professional Negligence Cases
By Sukhbir Kaur, Senior Underwriter (Estimated reading time: 4 minutes 13 seconds) Unfortunately, sometimes a professional gets it wrong. A service provided falls short, they fail to perform their duties to the levels expected and cause financial or reputational harm to a client resulting in the need for legal action. In professional negligence claims, ATE insurance […]
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NHS Reform and Clinical Negligence: What Lord Darzi’s Review Means for Claimant Solicitors and Stakeholders
By Matthew Best, Director – ATE Partnerships, Head of Personal Injury & Clinical Negligence (Estimated reading time: 5 minutes 22 seconds) In the interests of full disclosure – this article includes some AI-generated research content. This enabled us to widen the scope slightly in what we’ve commented on below. We then reviewed the content, checking […]
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Clinical Negligence Claims Agreement
By Matthew Best, Director – ATE Partnerships, Head of Personal Injury & Clinical Negligence (Estimated reading time: 2 minutes 54 seconds) The Clinical Negligence Claims Agreement (“CNCA”) has come into effect as of 26 August 2024. It supersedes the earlier Covid-19 Clinical Negligence Protocol. The Agreement is designed to promote collaboration and to encourage positive […]
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Celebrating 25 Years of Partnership – Video Testimonial
As part of our 25th anniversary celebrations we’ve been in touch with some of our longstanding coverholders to find out what we do that keeps them with Temple. In a video interview about her experience of working with Temple for over 20 years, Gillian Gadsby, Managing Partner at Gadsby Wicks Solicitors, shared her experience during […]
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The New UK Labour Government: Implications for Clinical Negligence Claims
By Matthew Best, Director – ATE Partnerships, Head of Personal Injury & Clinical Negligence (Estimated reading time: 3 minutes 31 seconds) In the spirit of a new government and in the interests of full disclosure – this article includes some AI-generated research content. Specifically we asked Chat GPT to ‘Prepare an article for a newsletter […]
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Northern Ireland update: an overwhelmingly positive reception
(Estimated reading time: 1 minute 8 seconds) In May, we returned to Northern Ireland to share our new ATE and disbursement funding offering and were delighted it received such a positive reception. Read on to see what happened. We were proud to have the opportunity sponsoring the Belfast Solicitors Association’s Litigation CPD Seminar, during which […]
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Queen Elizabeth’s Foundation for Disabled People: New Legal Information Service
By Chris Crooker from the Queen Elizabeth’s Foundation (Estimated reading time: 1 minutes 15 seconds) Our long-term charity partner, QEF provides a range of expert services that enable disabled children and adults to achieve their potential and live their lives as independently as possible. Some of their services include expert neuro rehabilitation and nursing care […]
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Expect the expected: more Fixed Recoverable Costs delays
(Estimated reading time: 2 minutes 28 seconds) It would hardly come as a surprise to most that the introduction of fixed recoverable costs to low value clinical negligence claims is likely to be delayed further. However, that is where we find ourselves. Below we look at the current situation and consider likely further delays to […]
Read More Court of Appeal rules ‘click-wrap’ was enough to incorporate T&Cs into a contract for goods or services made online
(Estimated reading time: 2 minutes 25 seconds) A recent ruling has highlighted that T&Cs don’t have to actually be read by a customer, as long as they can easily access them and are given enough time to review them. A woman thought she’d won £1 million in the National Lottery’s online Instant Win Game when […]
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