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Defamation and privacy: A cautionary tale
Thursday, 3 August 2023The perception that many people have about defamation and privacy law reminded me of a comment made by the comedian Stewart Lee when describing David Cameron and Ed Miliband going head-to-head in the 2015 general election.
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The emerging shadow of the gig economy within UK labour law: unstable working hours
Friday, 28 July 2023The gig economy and zero-hour contracts have been growing in significance and scale in recent years. However, they raise major issues concerning levels of worker protection in terms of working time.
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Temple Legal Protection appoint Matthew Pascall as Legal Director
Tuesday, 21 February 2023Temple Legal Protection, a market-leading provider of legal expenses insurance, has announced that Matthew Pascall joined its board of directors on 2nd December 2022.
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Chris Wait – Chairman, Temple Legal Protection
Thursday, 12 January 2023It is with great sadness that we regret to inform you that our founder, owner and Chairman Chris Wait passed away on Friday, 23 December peacefully at home.
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Security for costs and ATE insurance – threats and co-operation
Friday, 9 December 2022When a claimant is insolvent or close to being insolvent, whether on a balance sheet or cash flow basis, you can expect the defendant’s solicitors to make an application for security for costs.
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Professionally negligent? Don’t forget to discuss ATE Insurance
Wednesday, 7 December 2022Clients lose good cases. Clients settle good cases on poor terms because the adverse costs consequences of losing are potentially catastrophic. Solicitors fail to tell clients about after-the-event insurance or enquire if it might be available.
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Multi-million pound settlement for a clinical negligence case previously abandoned
Thursday, 1 December 2022We are pleased to report that one of our major partner law firms in London, Hodge Jones & Allen (HJA), has recently settled a multi-million pound case.
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Temple Legal Protection appoint Matthew Best to its board of directors as director of ATE partnerships
Monday, 28 November 2022Temple Legal Protection, a market-leading provider of legal expenses insurance, today announced that Matthew Best joined its board of directors on 9th November 2022.
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Disbursement funding update – five options, one real solution to the cost of costs?
Monday, 21 November 2022We’re all looking at ways to save money; law firms should be too. Interest rates are climbing and will continue to do so for some time yet. Therefore, it could well be timely to now consider what disbursement funding options are available for your clients to utilise.
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Fixed costs and more: a fix that doesn’t fix what needs fixing – part 2
Thursday, 17 November 2022There is still no word from the government as to if, why and how fixed recoverable costs are going to happen. The October deadline for implementation was scrapped and we are now looking at April 2023.
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