ATE Insurance Blog
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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
More...APIL & MASS blast ABI over costs
2nd November, 2010
The Association of Personal Injury Solicitors (APIL) and MASS have hit back at the comments made by the ABI over solicitors costs. The ABI has claimed that £40 of every motor insurance premium is paid out in legal costs and
More...Clocks going back leads to more fatalities
2nd November, 2010
So the clocks went back and we all had an extra hour in bed (except those with young children like me!) and we now have to get used to going home in the dark for the next 6 months. But did you know that lighter
More...Road Accidents & After the Event Insurance
1st November, 2010
If you are unfortunate enough to be injured in a car accident - be very careful when making a claim. Quite often you will be offered a no-win, no-fee agreement but you need to check with your solicitor what happens
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