By David Pipkin Director, Underwriting Division and Matthew Pascall, Senior Underwriting Manager (Estimated reading time: 8 minutes, 36 seconds) This article was originally published in the August 2019 issue of ‘Litigation Funding’ magazine. Back in 2009, Litigation Funding published an article entitled ‘The case for business. Are commercial litigators finally waking up to CFAs?’ which […]

Temple Legal Protection are proud to be sponsoring our IT and Marketing Assistant, Stephen Ryan who will be taking part in numerous events to raise money for The Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) finishing with the London Marathon in 2022. ICR is one of the world’s most influential cancer research organisations with an outstanding record […]

We thought you would like to know about the Costs Law Reports Conference which is due to be held at the offices of Eversheds Sutherland in London on 25th September 2019. Tickets are available on a first come, first served basis and are selling fast! For further details of this event click here and If you […]

QOCS for Scotland on the horizon The imminent introduction of costs shifting – or QOCS (as it has been labelled) in Scotland – for personal injury and clinical negligence cases provides a good opportunity for Scottish lawyers to explore the prospects of arranging ATE legal expenses insurance for their clients at an affordable price. The […]

The Court of Appeal in West v Stockport NHS Foundation Trust and Demouilpied v Stockport NHS Foundation Trust yesterday handed down a defining judgement on the application of the new reasonableness and proportionality rules. This follows the 2015 decision in Nokes –v- Heart of England Foundation NHS Trust [2015] EWHC B6 (Costs) where Master Leonard […]

In switching a clinical negligence case from legal aid to CFA, the costs judgment in EPX v Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Trust [2019] was an unhelpful decision for ATE insurance premium recovery. It is another win for the paying party – as the claimant lost the appeal against the Master’s initial ruling. The High […]