By John Durbin, Senior Business, Development Manager On the 19th March, John Durbin and Lisa Fricker headed south to Bournemouth to exhibit at AVMA’s 35th Annual Clinical Negligence Conference. Across the two days the conference saw over 400 delegates attend, with many visiting the Temple stand during the breaks to catch up on the latest […]

By Shelley Carrick-Forrester, Trainee Underwriter *Case ongoing at time of writing (May 2025) What has happened so far? This case concerns a clinical negligence claim arising from a birth injury where liability has been largely admitted. Temple has provided ATE insurance to assist the claimant’s solicitors in pursuing appropriate damages following the partial settlement on […]

By Bipin Regmi, Senior Underwriter This case study examines the Court of Appeal’s decision in Singh & Ors v Ingram [2025], which considered whether a Conditional Fee Agreement (CFA) could apply to work undertaken before it was signed. The case involved a detailed dispute over the interpretation of CFA terms, the role of implied intent, […]

By Morag Lewis, Senior Underwriter Estimated Reading Time – 2 minutes 12 seconds The claimant had been drinking alcohol while out socialising with friends at a work function. She had begun drinking at approximately 5.30pm and continued to drink up until around 9:00pm. It was clear that the court would find that the claimant was […]

By Matthew Pascall, Legal Director – Head of Commercial Estimated Reading Time – 2 minutes 43 seconds On 24 January 2025, the historic settlement in the long-running phone hacking litigation against News Group Newspapers (NGN) captured widespread media attention and made the headlines everywhere. The case, which saw Lord Tom Watson and the Duke of […]

What’s caught our eye recently in the legal press By Oliver White, Underwriter Estimated Reading Time – 5 minutes 24 seconds NHS Trusts faces over £4m in payouts for infection claims https://claimsmag.co.uk/2024/12/nhs-trusts-faces-over-4m-in-payouts-for-infection-claims/ This article from Claims Media discusses the results of an Investigation made by Medical Negligence Assist. This found that NHS Trusts have paid […]