Mediation update – Courts to insist on Mediation
What is your ADR Strategy? Do you have an ADR Strategy? How would you respond to a “Notice to Mediate”? All of these questions about mediation were raised by the recommendations of the Civil Justice Council in its report on ADR and Civil Justice published just before Christmas. Leading mediator, Terry Renouf, considers the implications […]
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When and when not to involve the MIB – Cameron v Hussain, LV and MIB [2019]
In this case the Claimant was hit by the Defendant driver who failed to stop, was never identified but the offending vehicle and the insurer were. We take a look at this judgment and compare it with a similar one insured by ourselves. The owner of the car although not the driver at the time […]
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Fixed costs, recoverability and the MoJ reforms – life at the sharp end of the debate
Temple are pleased once again to be exhibiting at the SCIL conference in Birmingham. If you or a colleague is attending, I hope you will find some time to come a talk to us on our exhibition stand about some of the current issues facing clinical negligence lawyers. Here’s our view on some topical subjects […]
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Case Study: Commercial litigators – No CFA? No problem
Commercial litigators: No CFA? No Problem – with Temple Litigation Insurance A Conditional Fee Agreement for commercial dispute is not a requirement with Temple, we regularly insure cases funded by traditional retainers; commercial litigators often prefer a more conventional fee payment structure to the ‘no win no fee’ arrangements more commonly used for personal injury. […]
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Not Just for Claimants – Insuring Defendants
Litigation Insurance for Defendants in Commercial Disputes For commercial disputes there is a perception that litigation insurance is only for claimants – and not for insuring defendants. Here at Temple, the vast majority of our insured are claimants and we are only occasionally asked about insuring defendants. In this article we get under the skin […]
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Star bakers and showstoppers – all for a good cause
The 2019 Great Legal Bake took place from 25th February to 1st March and many of the staff at Temple Legal Protection rolled up their sleeves, rolled out the pastry and channeled their inner baker to make some fantastic treats. All our participants rose to the occasion – there were very few ‘soggy bottoms’ – […]
Read More Mediation and Dispute Resolution in 2019
By Terry Renouf, Renouf Mediation. 2018 saw much greater use of mediation both within the area of clinical negligence but and more widely. This reflects a trend identified in the CEDR Biennial Audit1 published in July 2018. Growth of 10% pa was confirmed and within that figure a 20% pa growth of “schemes” such as […]
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Case Update: The ‘Giambrone’ Professional Negligence Group Action
By David Chase, Deputy Underwriting Manager. By way of an update to a previous article, there has been a very helpful development in this group action. Penningtons Manches are acting for over 80 claimants who lost over £3m in deposits in the failed and allegedly Mafia and IRA connected Jewel of the Sea holiday development […]
Read MoreRichard Steel, Temple’s Business Development Manager, is heading for pasture’s new.
With all our good wishes he has taken up an opportunity to work abroad. He will no longer be in and out of our client law firm’s offices every week meeting with a broad cross-section of litigators and other experts. Those who have met Richard know of his in-depth knowledge of legal expenses insurance, his […]
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