ATE Insurance Blog
ATE Insurance Blog
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
More...Court of Appeal considers dishonesty and its effect on Part 36 offers
12th July, 2018
A decision on dishonesty and its effect on costs has now been considered by the Court of Appeal in the case of Tuson v Murphy. This concerned the issue of costs whereby a Defendant’s Part 36 offer was made in
More...Claimants overcharged in Court Fee error
18th June, 2018
The Ministry of Justice (MOJ) has confirmed that a refund scheme is being set up for Claimants that have been overcharged for court fees on claims valued between £3,000 and £5,000. The claims were wrongly categorised for High Court and
More...The new era of CMC regulation
7th June, 2018
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today announced proposals on how it will authorise and supervise claims management companies (CMCs) when regulation passes on 1st April 2019. The FCA’s proposals will require CMCs to provide a potential cus
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