By Matthew Best, Senior Underwriting Manager (Estimated reading time: 1 minute 57 seconds) Putting ‘the cards on the table’… I would say that fixed costs can work – but only if they’re set at a reasonable level. If they aren’t, it will be the claimant who suffers. If a light-track case justifies £1,500 costs, most […]

By Matthew Best, Senior Underwriting Manager (Estimated reading time: 9 minutes 18 seconds) This is a specially extended article on the recent high-profile Court of Appeal judgment concerning clinical negligence secondary victims. Temple provided ATE insurance for Mr Paul and his family, with Shoosmiths representing them. There is also comment from Phil Barnes at Shoosmiths. […]

By Matthew Best – Senior Underwriting Manager (Estimated reading time: 5 minute 6 seconds) You may well have seen the recent news about litigation funding in recent weeks. One of my former colleagues once said that he believes that finding the right funding partner at the right time enables you and your client to share […]

By Matthew Best, Senior Underwriting Manager (Estimated reading time: 3 minutes 27 seconds) The Civil Liability Bill that went through parliament during 2018 was aimed at two distinct aspects of personal injury claims – lawyers responsible for lower value RTA claims and the discount rate. It is the former that I concentrate on in this […]

By Matthew Best, Senior Underwriting Manager (Estimated reading time: 4 minutes 27 seconds) Previously it was reported that we may see a ‘tidal wave’ of litigation surrounding the coronavirus pandemic. Whilst that may well be the case in the months or perhaps years to come, to date we have only started to see a few […]

(Estimated reading time: 1 minute, 59 seconds) Victims of injury and medical accidents could still lose all their damages The recent handing down of the decision in Ho v Adelekun by the Supreme Court has met with mixed reactions in legal and insurance circles. The large and highly resourced defendant law firms were keen to […]