Professional Negligence: ‘The Secrets of Success’ PNLA Conference
By Matthew Pascall, Senior Underwriting Manager (Estimated reading time: 50 seconds) Andy Lyalle and Matthew Pascall were lucky enough to attend the first post-COVID in-person PNLA conference at Billesley Manor, near Stratford, earlier this month. Temple were proud sponsors of this unique event that brings together leaders in the field of professional negligence for a […]
Read moreGood Things Come in Threes: After the Event Insurance you can ‘Have it Your Way’
By Andy Lyalle, Senior Business Development Manager (Estimated reading time: 3 minutes 0 seconds) In a restaurant, the meal you order depends on how hungry you are, the time of day and your budget – with the menu laid out accordingly. Here at Temple, we think getting After the Event (ATE) insurance policy to cover […]
Read more‘To Tweet or Not to Tweet’ – Defamation developments
(Estimated reading time: 4 minutes 27 seconds) Shakespeare would probably have enjoyed the verbal jousting on social media and Hamlet’s ponderings about human existence in general could also have worked online. But with Twitter in the news again as Elon Musk considers taking over the company and into private ownership, we ask whether this is […]
Read moreRepresentative privacy actions in the 21st Century
Representative privacy actions in the 21st Century (Estimated reading time: 1 minute 26 seconds) On 10th November 2021 the Supreme Court reversed the decision of the Court of Appeal in the Lloyd v Google case, clamping down on representative privacy actions in the age of the internet. Previously, the Claimants had been successful in a […]
Read moreA “SLAPP” in the Face – but is There a Fundamental Paradox?
(Estimated reading time: 3 minutes 52 seconds) The allegation is that Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPP) are used by the rich and powerful to protect their reputation and to gag those who would expose their unsavoury path to enormous wealth to public scrutiny and ridicule. We take a closer look. It is often the […]
Read moreATE insurance in action case study – a pre-LASPO asbestos-related claim
By David Stoker, Senior Underwriter (Estimated reading time: 5 minutes 47 seconds) We have seen a lull in challenges to our ATE recoverable premiums, post LASPO, especially since the decision in West v Demouilpied, but now and again an interesting one occurs, including pre-LASPO challenges. A recent challenge saw a law firm client with an […]
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