20 June, 2016
Conditional Fee Agreements and the switch from Legal Aid
Can After-The-Event Insurance Premiums and Success Fees be recovered? Currently awaiting the outcome of an appeal to Foskett J are a trio of cases involving claimants who moved from Legal Aid to CFAs just before the rules changed on 1 April 2013 – Surrey v Barnet HNS Trust, AH v Lewisham NHS Trust and Ramos […]
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15 June, 2016
ATE insurance risk assessment for clinical negligence cases – getting it right
David Pipkin, Director Underwriting Division, Temple Legal Protection Limited What is ATE insurance risk assessment best practice? I previously reflected on what a good basic risk assessment for ATE insurance should be and Temple’s experience as to why many cases are discontinued far too late, causing higher claims exposure. I want to concentrate on risk […]
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