Contentious Probate: making a successful ‘1975 Act claim’. Are your dispositions reasonable?
By Fraser Barnstaple, Underwriter (Estimated reading time: 5 minutes 9 seconds) A look at the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 and dispositions being subject to a test of reasonableness in the light of their increasing usage in contentious probate disputes. There’s also a crucial question the court may ask itself, plus a […]
Read moreTemple Legal Protection Appoint Matthew Best to Its Board of Directors as Director of ATE Partnerships
Temple Legal Protection, a market-leading provider of legal expenses insurance, today announced that Matthew Best joined its board of directors on 9th November 2022. Matthew joined Temple in July 2011 as an After the Event (ATE) insurance underwriter. In 2016 Matthew was promoted to Underwriting Manager and subsequently Senior Underwriting Manager, taking on overall responsibility […]
Read moreSecurity for Costs and ATE Insurance: Threats, Applications, Endorsements and Amendments
(Estimated reading time: 2 minutes 54 seconds) When a claimant is insolvent or close to being insolvent, whether on a balance sheet or cash flow basis, you can and should expect the defendant’s solicitors to make or threaten to make an application for security for costs. Such recourse for the defendant is entirely right and […]
Read moreProfessionally Negligent? Don’t Forget to Discuss ATE Insurance
By Matthew Pascall, Senior Underwriting Manager (Estimated reading time: 3 minutes 20 seconds) Clients lose good cases. Clients settle good cases on poor terms because the adverse costs consequences of losing are potentially catastrophic. Solicitors fail to tell clients about after-the-event insurance or enquire if it might be available. These things happen in every type […]
Read moreFixed Recoverable Costs: Practitioner’s view – It’s not just about the money
(Estimated reading time: 1 minutes 48 seconds) With the FRC regime being excluded for complex and sensitive claims, knowing what will be excluded is likely to cause a number of problems for practitioners, especially within the first few years of the rules coming into effect. Joanne Westbrook from Attwaters Jameson & Hill expressed the following […]
Read moreDisbursement funding update – five options, one real solution to the cost of costs?
By Matthew Best, Senior Underwriting Manager (Estimated reading time: 3 minutes 6 seconds) We’re all looking at ways to save money; law firms should be too. Interest rates are climbing and will continue to do so for some time yet. Therefore, it could well be timely to now consider what disbursement funding options are available […]
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