By Matthew Best, Senior Underwriting Manager (Estimated reading time: 4 minutes, 34 seconds) In February, my article ‘The elephant in the room?’ took a look at the key issues for Covid-19 clinical negligence claims and some likely case areas. In this update I have further thoughts on that topic, but also consider other types of […]

Two big questions answered on Covid-19 clinical negligence claims by Matthew Best, Senior Underwriting Manager at Temple Legal Protection (Estimated reading time: 6 minutes, 22 seconds) The idea of suing the NHS for compensation of a wrongdoing/malpractice may not seem the right, or popular option right now. Everyone in our sector is wondering how this […]

By Matthew Best, Senior Underwriting Manager During 2020, Temple held several well-attended webinars on key legal and costs topics. These platforms have allowed the large number of participants to meet virtually and gain a deeper understanding of the topic in question – whilst allowing us to engage with an audience of like-minded legal services providers. […]

By Matthew Best, Senior Underwriting Manager (Estimated reading time: 1 minute, 42 seconds) Whether you run commercial disputes, clinical negligence cases or personal injury claims, we know that you want to provide your clients with the best chance of obtaining the access to justice with an agreeable financial settlement. With many ATE and Funding providers […]

By Matthew Best, Senior Underwriting Manager (Estimated reading time: 1 minute, 37 seconds) A recent Law Gazette article was published entitled  ‘Covid-19 protocol encourages ‘positive behaviours’ in clinical negligence litigation’ . Having read this article, we asked our Senior Underwriting Manager, Matthew Best for his thoughts on this and Temple Legal Protection’s stance on such […]

By Matthew Best, Senior Underwriting Manager (Estimated reading time: 4 minutes, 17 seconds) A previous article I wrote in June 2019 ‘Is disbursement funding interest recoverable’ attracted, forgive the pun, a lot of interest – but the subject itself has remained a very grey area with clarity in short supply. The SCCO has, unhelpfully, recently […]