Funding, capped costs, court modernisation, robots and Artificial Intelligence (AI) were on delegates’ minds in a very busy day at the conference. Below is a summary of the numerous discussions we had at the conference. The focus on funding of all kinds The strongest level of interest and feedback was regarding funding – which includes […]

What is your ADR Strategy? Do you have an ADR Strategy? How would you respond to a “Notice to Mediate”? All of these questions about mediation were raised by the recommendations of the Civil Justice Council in its report on ADR and Civil Justice published just before Christmas. Leading mediator, Terry Renouf, considers the implications […]

In this case the Claimant was hit by the Defendant driver who failed to stop, was never identified but the offending vehicle and the insurer were. We take a look at this judgment and compare it with a similar one insured by ourselves. The owner of the car although not the driver at the time […]

Temple are pleased once again to be exhibiting at the SCIL conference in Birmingham. If you or a colleague is attending, I hope you will find some time to come a talk to us on our exhibition stand about some of the current issues facing clinical negligence lawyers. Here’s our view on some topical subjects […]

Commercial litigators: No CFA? No Problem – with Temple Litigation Insurance A Conditional Fee Agreement for commercial dispute is not a requirement with Temple, we regularly insure cases funded by traditional retainers; commercial litigators often prefer a more conventional fee payment structure to the ‘no win no fee’ arrangements more commonly used for personal injury. […]

Litigation Insurance for Defendants in Commercial Disputes For commercial disputes there is a perception that litigation insurance is only for claimants – and not for insuring defendants. Here at Temple, the vast majority of our insured are claimants and we are only occasionally asked about insuring defendants. In this article we get under the skin […]