Adaptability, mitigation and positivity – personal injury ‘food for thought’ for 2021
By Philip Pipkin, Underwriting Support Manager (Estimated reading time: 2 minutes, 43 seconds) After a turbulent 2020, it is perhaps time to look to the future and hopefully a transition to a more optimistic 2021. Change has been continuous in recent months as we have navigated national and regional lockdowns; life in general has often […]
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Covid-19 FCA test case ruling – Are insurers really the bad boys?
(Estimated reading time: 6 minutes, 23 seconds) In January the Supreme Court handed down its judgment regarding the Financial Conduct Authority’s test case on business interruption claims. I think it fair to say the appellant insurers have received a bad press (some saying ‘rightly so’) and are probably now in the unenviable position of having […]
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Covid-19 clinical negligence claims – ‘The elephant in the room?’
Two big questions answered on Covid-19 clinical negligence claims by Matthew Best, Senior Underwriting Manager at Temple Legal Protection (Estimated reading time: 6 minutes, 22 seconds) The idea of suing the NHS for compensation of a wrongdoing/malpractice may not seem the right, or popular option right now. Everyone in our sector is wondering how this […]
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Mediate or Prolongate? Webinar from our Personal Injury & Clinical Negligence Team
By Matthew Best, Senior Underwriting Manager During 2020, Temple held several well-attended webinars on key legal and costs topics. These platforms have allowed the large number of participants to meet virtually and gain a deeper understanding of the topic in question – whilst allowing us to engage with an audience of like-minded legal services providers. […]
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For litigation funding – what are the ‘must-haves’ you really need?
By Matthew Best, Senior Underwriting Manager (Estimated reading time: 1 minute, 42 seconds) Whether you run commercial disputes, clinical negligence cases or personal injury claims, we know that you want to provide your clients with the best chance of obtaining the access to justice with an agreeable financial settlement. With many ATE and Funding providers […]
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6 insurers, 21 policy wordings and £1 billion worth of claims
Update on the FCA’s Business Interruption Insurance Test Case (Estimated reading time: 2 minutes, 58 seconds) It is perhaps perversely ironic that, during this second lockdown period we’re currently enduring, the Supreme Court (at the time of writing) has begun its second day of hearing the appeal against the High Court’s Judgment on the FCA’s […]
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How much does someone’s reputation cost?
Depp v. News Group Newspapers & Dan Wootton [2020] EWHC 2911 (QB). By Matthew Pascall, Senior Underwriting Manager (Estimated reading time: 5 minutes, 18 seconds) Unless you’ve been on Mars this year, you no doubt will have heard a great deal about Johnny Depp’s libel claim against The Sun newspaper. On the 2nd November Nicol […]
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Travel Sickness Claims – A Turn for the Better
By Paul Bonner, Senior Underwriter (Estimated reading time: 1 minute, 30 seconds) Since the Court of Appeal’s Decision in Wood v TUI in 2017, it has been harder for the claimant to succeed in demonstrating causation in relation to their gastric symptoms. The defendant tour operators have had considerable success in challenging both the factual […]
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Arbitrate – with our Litigation Insurance
By Matthew Pascall, Senior Underwriting Manager (Estimated reading time: 1 minute, 5 seconds) Arbitration can offer litigants a simple and discrete alternative to High Court proceedings; indeed, many contracts stipulate that disputes must be referred to arbitration. It is with that in mind we thought it time to highlight that litigation insurance is available from […]
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