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Firm reprimanded by SRA for not taking out After the Event Insurance
10th November, 2010
Hot on the heels of the case of Adris v Royal Bank of Scotland, we have today heard a rumour that a firm in the North West (we won’t narrow it down any more so as to protect the er,
More...Berezovsky v Abramovich - Most expensive ATE insurance ever?
9th November, 2010
Addleshaw Goddard solicitors have announced that they have entered into a Conditional Fee Agreement with the Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky to pursue his claim against Chelsea FC owner and fellow oligarch, Roman Abramovich. The firm's decision is a
More...What happens when you lose a case?
8th November, 2010
When you lose a case you kiss goodbye to your legal costs under a CFA but your client is still responsible for your disbursements and, worse still, the other party's full legal costs. Was your client fully aware of this
More...Why don't solicitors take out ATE Insurance for all of their PI claims?
5th November, 2010
With my colleague, Simon Pinner, I used to run a large claimant PI department so I have some experience at the coal face. Our perception of After the Event Insurance available at the time was that it was a pain to apply
More...Caselaw Review: Sarwar v Alam - After the Event Insurance for passenger claims
5th November, 2010
The Issues: The Claimant was a passenger in a car and purchased an After the Event insurance policy in order to claim personal injury against the Defendant driver. At detailed assessment the Defendant’s insurers produced for the first time the Defendant’s
More...Lord Young Review: Government Getting Cold Feet
4th November, 2010
Reform of the perceived "Compensation Culture" has been at the heart of the government's long promised review of the justice system. For a number of years it has promised to make sure that school outings, charity fundraising and community events
More...Caselaw Review: Adris v Royal Bank of Scotland
4th November, 2010
The Issues: A number of Claimants brought claims against their banks for breaches of the Consumer Credit Act 1974 and had been introduced to a firm of solicitors by a Case Management Company ("CMC”). The solicitors failed to arrange After
More...The danger of speccing
3rd November, 2010
Many solicitors don't bother with After the Event Insurance because they believe that they can't lose particular types of cases. Why bother insuring a claim where a passenger has been injured in a rear shunt car accident? The solicitor decides
More...Caselaw Review: Ashley Cole v News Group Newspapers
3rd November, 2010
The Issues: During the course of a detailed assessment, the Defendant asked to see the Claimant’s Conditional Fee Agreement (CFA), although the Defendant had not at that stage raised any specific point regarding it – they simply wished to see
More...What is Before the Event Insurance
2nd November, 2010
So we have done After the Event, but what is before the event insurance? Well, it is a policy of insurance to cover legal costs which you take out each year to cover you just in case you need to
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