By Matthew Best, Senior Underwriting Manager (Estimated reading time: 4 minutes 27 seconds) Previously it was reported that we may see a ‘tidal wave’ of litigation surrounding the coronavirus pandemic. Whilst that may well be the case in the months or perhaps years to come, to date we have only started to see a few […]

(Estimated reading time: 1 minute, 59 seconds) Victims of injury and medical accidents could still lose all their damages The recent handing down of the decision in Ho v Adelekun by the Supreme Court has met with mixed reactions in legal and insurance circles. The large and highly resourced defendant law firms were keen to […]

(Estimated reading time: 1 minute, 41 seconds) The Ho v Adelekun hearing at the Supreme Court has taken place and the decision has finally been handed down. This judgment has resulted in a major claimant victory. It reverses the decision in Howe v MIB and reinforces the original intention of the QOCS regime; this being that, […]

By Matthew Best, Senior Underwriting Manager (Estimated reading time: 1 minute 16 seconds) The BBC prime time drama ‘Casualty’ has had some pretty big issues to deal with down the years and never more so than over the last twelve months; so here at Temple we were delighted to see the scriptwriters used a recent […]

(Estimated reading time: 1 minute 33 seconds) We were flattered to receive these kind words from Michael Hartley at Goodlaw Solcitors. “Further to our recent correspondence, I was just emailing, on the back of a number of recent interactions with Temple over policies and funding, to say how refreshing it is to work with such […]

By Matthew Best, Senior Underwriting Manager (Estimated reading time: 4 minutes 7 seconds) The 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 After-The-Event (ATE) legal expenses insurance for their clients […]