By Matthew Pascall, Senior Underwriting Manager (Estimated reading time: 54 seconds) You may well have read previously about the insurance we can provide to enable insolvent building sub-contractors pursue adjudications. It’s worth pointing out that we’re also here for solvent builders and anyone else caught-up in construction litigation. Construction litigation can sometimes seem like 3D […]

By Matthew Pascall, Senior Underwriting Manager (Estimated reading time: 2 minutes, 29 seconds) At Temple we think a few minutes spent by in-house counsel getting to know about Litigation/ATE insurance may well reap rewards in the long run. Managing risk is at the heart of the work carried out by most in-house lawyers and Litigation […]

Specialist legal expenses insurer Temple Legal Protection has developed new ATE/litigation insurance cover specifically designed to assist insolvent referring parties seeking adjudication on a construction dispute and the subsequent enforcement of any adjudicator’s award. The interlinked insurance policies provide indemnities for the adjudicator’s fees, adverse costs, the insured’s disbursements relating to any enforcement proceedings and […]

By Matthew Pascall, Senior Underwriting Manager (Estimated reading time: 2 minutes, 20 seconds) Temple’s most recent webinar saw Frances Coulson (Moon Beever), Edward Judge (Irwin Mitchell) and Simon Jacobs (Seddons) join us for a timely discussion on insolvency litigation. Given the strength and experience of our guests, it isn’t surprising that the conversation was both […]

By Matthew Pascall, Senior Underwriting Manager (Estimated reading time: 3 minutes, 10 seconds) In our 2020 February newsletter I said we wanted to talk to our clients a little less and listen a little more. I’d like to think that, notwithstanding Covid, we have taken time to listen. In fact, Covid may have helped. Thanks […]

Depp v. News Group Newspapers & Dan Wootton [2020] EWHC 2911 (QB). By Matthew Pascall, Senior Underwriting Manager (Estimated reading time: 5 minutes, 18 seconds) Unless you’ve been on Mars this year, you no doubt will have heard a great deal about Johnny Depp’s libel claim against The Sun newspaper. On the 2nd November Nicol […]