Insolvency ‘tidal waves’ and Twitter storms By Matthew Pascall, Senior Underwriting Manager (Estimated reading time: 3 minutes 51 seconds) As in previous years, I’ve looked at some key areas of litigation where we might see some developments and trends in the year ahead. Insolvency I have met with many IPs in recent months. Opinion seems […]

By Matthew Pascall, Senior Underwriting Manager (Estimated reading time: 6 minutes 44 seconds) Third Party Funding, Group Proceedings and Litigation Insurance – Sections 10 and Sections 20 to 22 of the Civil Litigation (Expenses and Group Proceedings) (Scotland) Act 2018. You may feel you’ve already heard too much about Third Party Funding and Group Proceedings, […]

By Matthew Pascall, Senior Underwriting Manager (Estimated reading time: 2 minutes 55 seconds) Property litigation is familiar territory for Temple but one area that often features prominently are claims arising out of the valuation of property. These claims are inevitably cyclical – a down-turn in the economy prompts lenders to look to the property against […]

By Matthew Pascall, Senior Underwriting Manager (Estimated reading time: 3 minutes 3 seconds) The Temple head office is located just a few miles from the historic motor racing track at Brooklands. In the 1930’s the track announced on its posters that it offered “The Right Crowd and No Crowding.” It strikes me that this catchy […]

By Matthew Pascall, Senior Underwriting Manager (Estimated reading time: 1 minute 50 seconds) CEDR was founded in 1990 at a time when mediation and other forms of ADR were in their infancy (save, of course, for arbitration). In the subsequent 30 years mediation has grown from a somewhat obscure concept that practitioners approached with some […]

By Matthew Pascall, Senior Underwriting Manager (Estimated reading time: 3 minutes 53 seconds) A recent and widely reported case has emphasised the need for practitioners to think carefully before bringing misuse of private information and breach of confidence claims alongside claims under the Data Protection Act. In Warren v DSG Retail Limited [2021] EWHC 2168 […]