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Brain and spinal injuries – supporting rehabilitation
Monday, 28 March 2022Temple Legal Protection were delighted to host a drinks reception at the prestigious Lowry Hotel in Manchester last October supporting well-known local charity BASIC (Brain and Spinal Injury Centre), based in nearby Salford.
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The reality of the value of ATE insurance for high-net-worth clients
Monday, 21 March 2022I often hear commercial dispute resolution practitioners, unlike their personal injury and clinical negligence colleagues, say “Our clients are not interested in ATE Insurance or disbursement funding because they can afford to pay disbursements and bear the opponents costs if the case is unsuccessful”. I have a few things to say about this view.
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Five key areas of commercial litigation for 2022
Thursday, 17 March 2022I like to get my crystal ball out each year and look at what may be the key trends in commercial litigation. For 2022, insolvency, professional negligence, media, financial mis-selling and Covid look key.
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You can’t be too careful when advising clients about funding
Monday, 14 March 2022There are a substantial number of commercial lawyers able to offer their clients funding options including ATE insurance, but still many who do not. So what does a lawyer have to do to remain compliant when having these discussions?
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Eroding confidence – when things go south with ATE insurance
Monday, 7 March 2022In the context of ATE insurance and before the trial of the claim, this often will mean the confidence in the insured’s case has been seriously eroded. Unsurprisingly the cause of such erosion can be a number of factors – disclosure may throw up inconvenient evidence, an expert’s report may be less than supportive, or inconsistencies identified in a key witness’s recollection of events that took place a long time ago.
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Can we defend? Litigation insurance for commercial dispute defendants
Monday, 28 February 2022For commercial disputes there is a perception that litigation insurance is only for claimants – and not for insuring defendants. Here at Temple, whilst the vast majority of our insured are claimants we are only occasionally asked about insuring defendants. In this article we get under the skin of why that perception exists with commercial litigators.
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Clinical negligence secondary victim case heads for supreme court with full support of ATE insurer
Thursday, 27 January 2022The Court of Appeal handed down judgment on 13 January in Paul v The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust. Paul is a clinical negligence claim against the defendant for Mr Paul’s death and a psychiatric injury claim for his daughters (the secondary victim claimants) who witnessed their father’s heart attack and death.
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Lender claims in property litigation: a guide based on experience
Monday, 17 January 2022Property litigation is familiar territory for Temple but one area that often features prominently are claims arising out of the valuation of property. These claims are inevitably cyclical – a down-turn in the economy prompts lenders to look to the property against which they may have lent in the past.
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When does a Litigation Funding Agreement become a Damages-Based Agreement?
Tuesday, 11 January 2022Litigation funding agreements (“LFA”) and damages-based agreements (“DBA”) are both forms of litigation funding. Both are ways to facilitate access to justice and both enable litigants to pursue their claims without having to bear the costs of so doing – at least until judgment is given in their favour. The “litigation risk” is transferred away from the litigant and onto the investor and the legal representatives.
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Asking the right questions of ATE insurance providers
Monday, 20 December 2021The recent news that two large litigation funders have exited the market may have causes unease among solicitors regarding some of the litigation and disbursement funding solutions in the market.
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