ADR and litigation insurance for commercial disputes – seven practical insights
By David Chase, Deputy Underwriting Manager. With the upsurge in interest in Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) in recent years – has the time finally come for commercial litigators to pay closer attention to what it has to offer? David Chase shares his observations in seven practical tips; these are based on practical experience on how […]
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Professional Negligence and Liability Update – report from the latest PNLA seminar
Temple were pleased once again to be a sponsor of this seminar. The aim/theme was to try and ‘untangle’ recent changes affecting professional negligence litigation. The speakers were of the highest quality and experience, and the event was chaired by Nicola Rushton QC who made sure proceedings ran like clockwork. She provided a keynote address […]
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ADR and FRC: It’s not if, but when – and are you ready to respond?
By Terry Renouf, Renouf Mediation In his latest update, Terry Renouf from Renouf mediation takes a closer look at developments in ADR and makes some timely predictions based on recent regulatory-related activity. It provides food for thought in its potential impact on personal injury and clinical negligence claims. Wake up and sell the coffee! Amid […]
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Is disbursement funding interest recoverable
By Matthew Best, Underwriting Manager In this article Matthew takes a look at the latest position in relation to this hot topic. The current defendant stance is that interest incurred on loans taken out to pay for disbursements should not be recoverable inter-partes. What case law is currently out there? The Court of Appeal in […]
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The Supreme Court’s Judgment in Lachaux
By David Chase, Deputy Underwriting Manager The Supreme Court has handed down its long awaited judgment in the matter of Bruno Lachaux v Independent Print Limited and Evening Standard Limited, when it dismissed the newspapers’ appeals. The Court has upheld the decisions of the Court of Appeal and Warby J that each of the articles […]
Read More Insolvency Litigation Conference 2019 – 10th September
Temple Legal Protection is excited to announce that it is sponsoring the Insolvency Litigation Conference 2019, on 10 September at Queen Mary University, West Smithfield Campus, London, EC1A 7BE. Agenda Registration from 8.45am 9.30 Cross border restructuring and insolvencies after Brexit Jeremy Goldring QC, South Square Chambers & Mathew Newman, Partner, Ogier 10.10 Defrauding creditors […]
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The bumpy ride continues
By David Pipkin – Director, Underwriting Division By way of introduction, my predictions in the January newsletter of a bumpy ride in 2019 seem to be bearing out. Below I pick up on a few of those points in order to keep you informed of the key issues impacting on litigators and claimants in the […]
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Damaged? New media law issues for litigators
By Matthew Pascall, Senior Underwriting Manager. Temple has been insuring media and communications litigation cases for many years and is the principal insurer in the ongoing phone hacking litigation. Recently, starting with Data Protection Act claims, we have been turning our minds to see what new issues might be litigated by our media law clients […]
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Litigation insurance in action – fraudulent misrepresentation case study
In March this year a Northamptonshire businesswoman celebrated the end of a 2½ year fraudulent misrepresentation legal dispute that threatened her with bankruptcy. Wilson Browne Solicitors approached Temple Legal Protection for litigation insurance cover; together they were able to help a young entrepreneur end a legal nightmare. In July of 2016 Amanda Phipps’ business decided […]
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