By Matthew Best, Senior Underwriting Manager (Estimated reading time: 2 minutes 3 seconds) With the GB pound sinking to an all-time low against the US dollar during the government original budget proposals – what else could our leaders do to make things worse? Well, for the legal sector, guess what… Sadly, but perhaps unsurprisingly the […]

(Estimated reading time: 1 minute 23 seconds) In Primekings v King the Court of Appeal recently confirmed the validity of the approach in Graham v Every [2015] 1 BCLC 41, [2014] EWCA Civ 191 to tackling unfair prejudice claims under s994 Companies Act 2006. It must now be shown that there is a ‘causal connection’ […]

(Estimated reading time: 3 minutes 0 seconds) Many arguments have been advanced since LASPO attacking the recoverability of After the Event (“ATE”) insurance premiums, but the recent decision in Dance v East Kent University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust & Ors [2022] EWHC B9 (Costs) has found that the ATE premium of £5,266.01 was payable in […]

By Matthew Best, Senior Underwriting Manager (Estimated reading time: 1 minute 15 seconds) Many appointment announcements are full of ‘corporate speak’ so we’ve taken a different approach and gone ‘straight to video’ to introduce John Durbin, Temple’s new Senior Business Development Manager for our clinical negligence and personal injury team. If first impressions count, he […]

(Estimated reading time: 1 minute 46 seconds) Working with children and adults with physical and learning disabilities Here at Temple we remain committed to our charitable endeavours and to support selected activities of our law firm customers. In this newsletter we asked The Queen Elizabeth’s Foundation for Disabled People (whom we have supported for several […]

By Sam Knight, Underwriter (Estimated reading time: 1 minute 35 seconds) The Covid-19 pandemic brought unprecedented challenges to businesses across the UK and throughout the world. The hospitality sector was one of the worst effected, with waning footfall and weary customers told to stay at home and protect the NHS. Many businesses sought to rely […]