By David Stoker, Senior Underwriter (Estimated reading time: 2 minutes 43 seconds) Though Temple is well known to leading clinical negligence practitioners, we wanted to remind you about our equal appetite and experience for personal Injury work. We insure PI claims of all types including industrial disease, accidents at work and public liability – and […]

By David Pipkin, Non-Executive Director (Estimated reading time: 2 minutes 47 seconds) Whenever I am discussing Temple’s funding options with lawyers, invariably I ask what their clients need to know to help them make the right decisions. Whilst there is little doubt personal injury clients anticipate some form of conditional fee and ATE insurance package […]

By Paul Balen, Mediator and Director of Trust Mediation Ltd (Estimated reading time: 3 minutes 28 seconds) It’s official! The letter ‘A’ is officially redundant.  Claims are now all about Dispute Resolution. As the Master of the Rolls said last year: “Courts are there to assist the parties find a resolution to their dispute and […]

(Estimated reading time: 2 minutes 38 seconds) In the context of ATE insurance and before the trial of the claim, this often will mean the confidence in the insured’s case has been seriously eroded. Unsurprisingly the cause of such erosion can be a number of factors – disclosure may throw up inconvenient evidence, an expert’s […]

By David Pipkin, Non-Executive Director (Estimated reading time: 2 minutes 41 seconds) For commercial disputes there is a perception that ATE/litigation insurance is only for claimants – and not for insuring defendants. Here at Temple, whilst the vast majority of our insured are claimants, we are only occasionally asked about insuring defendants. In this article […]

By John Ivory, costs lawyer and mediator (Estimated reading time: 4 minutes 17 seconds) As we begin another year, it seems an opportune moment to think about how practitioners can operate to best protect their clients’ interests from a legal costs perspective. With that in mind, here are some pointers which may be worthwhile bearing […]