“The difficulty lies not so much in developing new ideas as in escaping from old ones” Not for the first time Justice Jackson has had to calm the fears of the legal world, this time over his proposed changes to costs. His idea to fix the cost of all claims up to £250,000 was later described as just “a […]

In this article, Andrew Perfect and Hugh Rimmer of 3PB Barristers analyse the Coroners Court Statistics that were published last month and their impact on the path through the litigation process for clinical negligence practitioners. Back on 12 May, the Office of the Chief Coroner – for only the second time – released annual statistics […]

Can After-The-Event Insurance Premiums and Success Fees be recovered? Currently awaiting the outcome of an appeal to Foskett J are a trio of cases involving claimants who moved from Legal Aid to CFAs just before the rules changed on 1 April 2013 – Surrey v Barnet HNS Trust, AH v Lewisham NHS Trust and Ramos […]

David Pipkin, Director Underwriting Division, Temple Legal Protection Limited What is ATE insurance risk assessment best practice? I previously reflected on what a good basic risk assessment for ATE insurance should be and Temple’s experience as to why many cases are discontinued far too late, causing higher claims exposure. I want to concentrate on risk […]