Ground rent clause cases: what makes a successful claim and why use ATE insurance?
(Estimated reading time: 3 minutes 3 seconds) In recent years, there has been a trend towards higher ground rents and, consequently, a sharp rise in cases concerning them. In 2012, the European Court of Human Rights in Lindheim v Norway held Norwegian law, allowing lessees to extend ground rent clauses, as contrary to Protocol 1 […]
Read moreWhen will time run out to bring claims in the phone hacking litigation?
(Estimated reading time: 6 minutes 12 seconds) One could be forgiven thinking that phone-hacking has been in the news for decades and that the Mirror Group and the News Group must have very deep pockets and very understanding shareholders. They have of course only themselves to blame in their shameless pursuit of profit and pandering […]
Read moreDefending the Public Interest – ATE for Defendants in Defamation Cases
By Matthew Pascall, Senior Underwriting Manager (Estimated reading time: 7 minutes 13 seconds) Banks v Cadwalladr [2022] EWHC 1417 Often defendants do not consider the need for after-the-event insurance as those defending defamation claims are often well-funded and resourced publishers who chose to take the risk of paying the claimant’s costs “on the chin.” Some […]
Read moreATE for Insolvency Cases – Security and Certainty in Uncertain Times
By Matthew Pascall, Senior Underwriting Manager (Estimated reading time: 2 minutes 43 seconds) In September 2022 there were 1,679 registered company insolvencies, an increase of 16% compared with the same month last year and 11% higher than the figure for September 2019. The statistics for individual insolvencies are less straightforward and do not yet show […]
Read moreClinical negligence case study – delayed diagnosis
Multi-million pound settlement for a case previously abandoned This case relates to a delay in diagnosing and treating meningitis and sepsis that settled at a capital equivalent value of £16m. We are pleased to report that one of our major partner law firms in London, Hodge Jones & Allen (HJA), has recently settled a multi-million […]
Read moreContentious Probate: making a successful ‘1975 Act claim’. Are your dispositions reasonable?
(Estimated reading time: 5 minutes 9 seconds) A look at the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 and dispositions being subject to a test of reasonableness in the light of their increasing usage in contentious probate disputes. There’s also a crucial question the court may ask itself, plus a look at ‘What can […]
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