Construction Disputes Webinar
By Andy Lyalle, Senior Business Development Manager Construction Disputes Webinar In this construction webinar we explore the key issues with three leading experts’ – Neil Armstrong (Myerson Solicitors), Greg McMahon (Pythagoras Capital) and Andrew O’Connor (Augusta Ventures). They all share their experience of litigation/ATE insurance and funding as well as the judiciary’s attitudes to it. […]
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Special Report: QOCS for Scotland Now Live
By Matthew Best, Senior Underwriting Manager (Estimated reading time: 4 minutes 7 seconds) The introduction of costs shifting (or QOCS as it has been labelled) in Scotland for personal injury and clinical negligence cases provides a good opportunity for Scottish lawyers to explore the prospects of arranging After-The-Event (ATE) legal expenses insurance for their clients […]
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Construction dispute success enforcing adjudicator’s award
(Estimated reading time: 1 minute, 45 seconds) Temple has developed new ATE/litigation insurance cover specifically designed to assist insolvent referring parties seeking adjudication on a construction dispute and the subsequent enforcement of any adjudicator’s award. The interlinked insurance policies provide indemnities for the adjudicator’s fees, adverse costs, the insured’s disbursements relating to any enforcement proceedings […]
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The Underwriting Perspective: Construction disputes; ‘It’s Like 3D Chess’
By Matthew Pascall, Senior Underwriting Manager (Estimated reading time: 54 seconds) You may well have read previously about the insurance we can provide to enable insolvent building sub-contractors pursue adjudications. It’s worth pointing out that we’re also here for solvent builders and anyone else caught-up in construction litigation. Construction litigation can sometimes seem like 3D […]
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Covid-19 claims update
By David Stoker, Senior Underwriter (Estimated reading time: 3 minutes, 3 seconds) The general thread here is that all of our customers will be taking a cautious approach in respect of new COVID-19 related cases. Temple is helping all our partner law firms through these challenging times and wanted to share some of the thoughts […]
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Resolution Strategies and Mandatory Mediation
By Terry Renouf, Renouf Mediation (Estimated reading time: 2 minutes, 59 seconds) As we emerge from lockdown restrictions litigators should carefully note a speech on 26th March 2021[1] by the new Master of the Rolls, Geoffrey Vos at Hull University. In this speech he built on recent judicial thinking that parties want a resolution of […]
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Temple Legal Protection – No longer using the Document Exchange Service
From 1st August 2021 we will no longer be a member of the Document Exchange Service. When sending letters and cheques please address these to our head office in Guildford as follows: Temple Legal Protection Limited One Bell Court, Leapale Lane, Guildford GU1 4LY You can also contact us via email at . We would […]
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Covid-19 clinical negligence and personal injury claims
By Matthew Best, Senior Underwriting Manager (Estimated reading time: 4 minutes, 44 seconds) This article was first published in the June edition of APIL’s PI Focus magazine. Having written previously on likely case areas for Covid-19 clinical negligence claims, in this update I have further thoughts on that topic, but also consider other types of […]
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What In-House Counsel Need to Know About Litigation Insurance
By Matthew Pascall, Senior Underwriting Manager (Estimated reading time: 2 minutes, 29 seconds) At Temple we think a few minutes spent by in-house counsel getting to know about Litigation/ATE insurance may well reap rewards in the long run. Managing risk is at the heart of the work carried out by most in-house lawyers and Litigation […]
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