Mandatory Mediation: the end of the litigator?
By Terry Renouf, Renouf Mediation (Estimated reading time: 3 minutes, 11 seconds) After many judicial speeches on the topic the summer saw three significant publications. Firstly, the Civil Justice Council reported, at the request of the Master of the Rolls, supporting mandatory Dispute Resolution[1]. Secondly the Ministry of Justice published its own Guide to Civil […]
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ATE insurance in action: surgical mesh cases
By Matthew Best, Senior Underwriting Manager (Estimated reading time: 1 minute 16 seconds) The BBC prime time drama ‘Casualty’ has had some pretty big issues to deal with down the years and never more so than over the last twelve months; so here at Temple we were delighted to see the scriptwriters used a recent […]
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‘Temple are friendly, practical and accommodating’ – your words, not ours
(Estimated reading time: 1 minute 33 seconds) We were flattered to receive these kind words from Michael Hartley at Goodlaw Solcitors. “Further to our recent correspondence, I was just emailing, on the back of a number of recent interactions with Temple over policies and funding, to say how refreshing it is to work with such […]
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Giving you the facts on a Litigation Insurance Scheme with Delegated Authority.
By Andy Lyalle, Senior Business Development Manager (Estimated reading time: 3 minutes 55 seconds) What is it and why it matters This article seeks to address some assumptions and questions put to me on a regular basis and also explain some of the terminology used when discussing litigation/ATE insurance, commercial dispute resolution clients and cases. […]
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Construction Disputes: enforcing adjudicator’s awards in favour of insolvent referring party – what does constitute adequate security?
This article was first published in the August 2021 issue of the Law Society’s ‘Litigation Funding’ magazine Estimated reading time: 6 minutes, 47 seconds Now that we have the benefit of the unanimous decision of the Supreme Court in Bresco Electrical Services Ltd v Michael J Lonsdale [2020] UKSC 25 (judgment given on 17.06.202), it […]
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Construction Disputes Webinar
By Andy Lyalle, Senior Business Development Manager Construction Disputes Webinar In this construction webinar we explore the key issues with three leading experts’ – Neil Armstrong (Myerson Solicitors), Greg McMahon (Pythagoras Capital) and Andrew O’Connor (Augusta Ventures). They all share their experience of litigation/ATE insurance and funding as well as the judiciary’s attitudes to it. […]
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Special Report: QOCS for Scotland Now Live
By Matthew Best, Senior Underwriting Manager (Estimated reading time: 4 minutes 7 seconds) The introduction of costs shifting (or QOCS as it has been labelled) in Scotland for personal injury and clinical negligence cases provides a good opportunity for Scottish lawyers to explore the prospects of arranging After-The-Event (ATE) legal expenses insurance for their clients […]
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Construction dispute success enforcing adjudicator’s award
(Estimated reading time: 1 minute, 45 seconds) Temple has developed new ATE/litigation insurance cover specifically designed to assist insolvent referring parties seeking adjudication on a construction dispute and the subsequent enforcement of any adjudicator’s award. The interlinked insurance policies provide indemnities for the adjudicator’s fees, adverse costs, the insured’s disbursements relating to any enforcement proceedings […]
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The Underwriting Perspective: Construction disputes; ‘It’s Like 3D Chess’
By Matthew Pascall, Senior Underwriting Manager (Estimated reading time: 54 seconds) You may well have read previously about the insurance we can provide to enable insolvent building sub-contractors pursue adjudications. It’s worth pointing out that we’re also here for solvent builders and anyone else caught-up in construction litigation. Construction litigation can sometimes seem like 3D […]
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