Legal expenses insurance premium payment support and cover continuation arrangements
Temple Legal Protection is the provider of commercial legal expenses insurance policies and employment disputes protection cover for a wide range of businesses. We understand that the Covid 19 pandemic has had a direct financial effect on businesses of all sizes. Here at Temple we want to reassure our policyholders in the business community that […]
Read moreContentious Trusts and Probate – A challenge ‘inherited’ by Temple Legal Protection
By Andy Lyalle, Senior Business Development Manager (Estimated reading time: 3 minutes, 26 seconds) At Temple Legal Protection we like to think that we have a proven track record of finding innovative and imaginative solutions for solicitors to help them resolve their client’s disputes. With that in mind, we are currently examining the demands and […]
Read moreWhat could happen if you say “no” to a mediation proposal, will a party to the litigation be penalised on costs?
By David Chase, Deputy Underwriting Manager (Estimated reading time: 4 minutes, 1 second) You may not be surprised to know that the costs of mediation are covered in Temple Legal Protection’s standard policy wording for commercial cases. They are. However it is perhaps not as widely known that, since we cover the costs of mediation […]
Read moreValue – what are your expectations of a litigation insurance provider?
By David Chase, Deputy Underwriting Manager (Estimated reading time: 3 minutes, 59 seconds) Law firms wish to have a profitable business but are under pressure to reduce costs, whilst SMEs would like lower cost access to legal advice to help resolve a commercial dispute. Clients like value for money, ideally you would like more fee […]
Read moreThe end of “anti-adjudication” injunctions in construction disputes
(Estimated reading time: 6 minutes, 42 seconds) Liquidators of insolvent contractors now have the comfort that they can refer their disputes to adjudication without fear of being injuncted and can, with Temple’s proven suite of ATE insurance policies, seek to enforce the adjudicator’s decision. Bresco Electrical Services Ltd (In Liquidation) (Appellant/Cross-Respondent) v Michael J Lonsdale […]
Read moreBrexit, Package Tours and RTA’s – an accident waiting to happen?
By David Stoker, Senior Underwriter (Estimated reading time: 3 minutes, 7 seconds) With the news agenda understandably dominated by other matters, Brexit nowadays rarely gets a mention. The process though has continued and we are now in the transitional period, having left the EU on the 31st January this year. In this article we look […]
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