Temple Legal Protection Appoint Matthew Pascall as Legal Director
Temple Legal Protection, a market-leading provider of legal expenses insurance, today announced that Matthew Pascall joined its board of directors on 2nd December 2022. Matthew joined Temple in November 2017 as a Senior Underwriting Manager with overall responsibility for Temple’s Commercial ATE insurance underwriting department. Matthew’s new role sees him joining the board as Legal […]
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Chris Wait – Chairman, Temple Legal Protection
It is with great sadness that we regret to inform you that our founder, owner and Chairman Chris Wait passed away on Friday, 23 December peacefully at home. Chris began his insurance career in 1985 and had been specifically involved in legal expenses insurance since 1992. He has been a significant force in the development […]
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Charity Focus: The Brain and Spinal Injury Centre
Providing rehabilitation and recovery for people with neurological injury and illness At Temple we are committed to supporting our selected charitable endeavours. In this article we asked one of our charity partners, the Brain and Spinal Injury Centre (BASIC), to share their story. Clients and purpose BASIC has been based in Salford for over 30 […]
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Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from everyone at Temple Legal Protection
We wish you all the very best for a prosperous 2023 and a Merry Christmas from everyone at Temple Legal Protection. Please see below our opening hours over Christmas and new year: • Closing on Friday 23rd December 2022 at 17:00. • Reopening on Tuesday 3rd January 2023 at 09:00.
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Calling all in-house litigators – have you thought about an ATE insurance strategic alliance?
By David Pipkin, Non-Executive Director (Estimated reading time: 1 minute 36 seconds) It will come as no surprise to anyone working in-house to know that very soon there will be more lawyers working for in-house legal teams than there are in private practice. Many of those lawyers will be conducting litigation and whilst they can […]
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Ground rent clause cases: what makes a successful claim and why use ATE insurance?
By Fraser Barnstaple, Underwriter (Estimated reading time: 3 minutes 3 seconds) In recent years, there has been a trend towards higher ground rents and, consequently, a sharp rise in cases concerning them. In 2012, the European Court of Human Rights in Lindheim v Norway held Norwegian law, allowing lessees to extend ground rent clauses, as […]
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When will time run out to bring claims in the phone hacking litigation?
(Estimated reading time: 6 minutes 12 seconds) One could be forgiven thinking that phone-hacking has been in the news for decades and that the Mirror Group and the News Group must have very deep pockets and very understanding shareholders. They have of course only themselves to blame in their shameless pursuit of profit and pandering […]
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Defending the Public Interest – ATE for Defendants in Defamation Cases
By Matthew Pascall, Senior Underwriting Manager (Estimated reading time: 7 minutes 13 seconds) Banks v Cadwalladr [2022] EWHC 1417 Often defendants do not consider the need for after-the-event insurance as those defending defamation claims are often well-funded and resourced publishers who chose to take the risk of paying the claimant’s costs “on the chin.” Some […]
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ATE for Insolvency Cases – Security and Certainty in Uncertain Times
By Matthew Pascall, Senior Underwriting Manager (Estimated reading time: 2 minutes 43 seconds) In September 2022 there were 1,679 registered company insolvencies, an increase of 16% compared with the same month last year and 11% higher than the figure for September 2019. The statistics for individual insolvencies are less straightforward and do not yet show […]
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