ATE Insurance Blog
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A Fatal Approach
24th October, 2018
As a well established After The Event insurance (ATE) broker, the core of our business over the years has been in the area of personal injury. In recent times and with the multitude of changes to this area, we have
More...Credit where Credit is due?
24th October, 2018
The headline to this post is a little misleading as we find ourselves looking at the latest decision in the wonderful world of Credit Hire claims. This follows a recent decision in the case of EUI v Charles and others [2018]
More...Tomlin Orders, QOCS and Multiple Defendants
3rd October, 2018
We previously commented on this subject back in February (http://www.aftertheeventinsuranceblog.co.uk/qocs-apply-multiple-defendants/) but now the issue of the application of QOCS and claims against multiple Defendants has reached the Court of Appeal
More...From your PPI to your PCP & PCH
3rd October, 2018
Following on from the explosion in claims for mis-sold ‘PPI’ or ‘payment protection insurance’, the next potential area for complaint could well be the mis-selling of PCP (Personal Contract Purchases) and PCH (Personal Contract Hire) deals to people
More...Japanese knotweed â?? a growing concern
28th September, 2018
Japanese knotweed has knocked £20bn off the total value of the UK property market, according to new research, with many mortgage lenders refusing loans for properties affected by the weed. Research carried out by YouGov plc on behalf on
More...Buy to let mis-selling – a taxing issue?
27th September, 2018
By now, almost everyone has become aware of the ever increasing range of financial mis-selling that has occurred over the last 10 to 20 years. Ranging from Payment Protection Insurance (PPI), Mis-sold mortgages, such as endowments or investments, t
More...Onwards and Upwards
24th September, 2018
The After the Event Insurance market has changed considerably since the introduction of Qualified One-way Cost Shifting (QOCS) on 1st April 2013. The LASPO Act changed the way that most ATE Insurers operated. Prior to the change, ATE premiums were
More...Un-Civil Liability Bill
7th September, 2018
This past week has seen a couple of major developments with the Government’s proposed Civil Liability Bill with it having its Second Reading in the Commons. Firstly, the government may be willing to make a concession that ‘vulnerable’ road users wi
More...Government urged to extend costs-shifting to Judicial Review Claims
4th September, 2018
Costs in judicial reviews have historically adopted the traditional mechanism whereby the loser pays the winner’s costs. The risk of being ordered to pay a defendant public authority’s costs, being considered by many, to be too great for any but
More...Do You Charge a Success Fee?
12th July, 2018
Absolutely, 100%? As has been reported in Litigation Futures, the issue of the level of success fees being applied by PI law firms is once again in the spotlight. Master Gordon-Saker, recently speaking at a CJC seminar, called on the Law Society
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