ATE Insurance Blog
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Clinical Negligence ATE insurance – How much?
11th June, 2015
Now the dust has settled after the implementation of Section 2 of the Recoverability of Costs Insurance Premiums in Clinical Negligence Proceedings Regulations 2013 the first satellite litigation is starting to wind its way, slowly through the courts.
More...Moving House Without Risk
9th June, 2015
Guess what I am doing at the moment [a clue is in the title]. I have to say, all those purveyors of doom are right. Moving house is incredibly stressful. The problem is that there are so many factors to keep
More...CFAs - Should we name and shame? An After The Event Insurance providers view
30th April, 2015
As After The Event Insurance providers, we know that arranging funding for your client at the outset of a case is one of the most important parts of a Personal Injury lawyer’s job. Whilst I’m sure we all do the
More...Fundamentally Dishonest and After The Event Insurance
24th April, 2015
The new rule on fundamental dishonesty in personal injury actions came quietly into force on the 13th April under s57 of the Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015. Little has been said by the judiciary about this new rule and Claimants
More...Success Fees and Noise Induced Hearing Loss – "Say that Again", said the After the Event insurer!
31st March, 2015
An important decision for all who provide After the Event Insurance has now been handed down by Mr Justice Phillips in conjoined cases, Dalton and Others –v- British Telecommunications plc [2015] EWHC 616 (QB) At stake was the preliminary issue as
More...To QOCS or not to QOCS? An ATE insurance dilemma!
12th March, 2015
I imagine that all of us in the world of PI litigation and After The Event Insurance have been patiently waiting for the raft of satellite litigation to hit the already clogged up courts following the Jackson changes, but has
More...Rise in Court Fees to Scupper Access to Justice?
3rd March, 2015
As they say, the Jury is out. The Government has announced that the huge hike in Court Fees, some by as much as 600%, is due to take affect on Monday 9th March. Cue massive rush to issue everything beforehand of
More...Speed, efficiency…and peace of mind
6th February, 2015
A new conveyancing Portal is due to go live at the end of March 2015. Ahead of its launch, a poll of 2002 adults was conducted, gathering the thoughts of homebuyers in regards to the conveyancing process. The poll showed that
More...Speed
29th January, 2015
Happy New Year! OK I am a month late but better late than never eh? Well that's fine I suppose for my New Year greetings but some things can't be late, like claim payments on ATE policies. How many times have you completed
More...Costs Orders Post Jackson Reforms
21st November, 2014
You know that Qualified One Way Costs rule thingymajig? The one that says, don't worry claimant, you won't now have to pay costs if you lose? Well it's rubbish. We are now receiving costs orders all over the place on claims
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