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Ban on Referral Fees will impact upon legal expenses insurance market
Matthew Amey• September 9th, 2011
The Ministry of Justice (‘MOJ’) has today announced its decision to ban referral fees in personal injury litigation, as part of its campaign against the perceived “compensation culture”. Inevitably, this is likely to have significant effects on the legal expenses … Continued
Jacksons Impact on the ATE Market – Frequently Asked Questions
Matthew Amey• September 1st, 2011
As a broker representing the after-the-event (ATE) insurance market, I am inevitably facing questions about the future from both insurers and claimant litigation practices every day. At the moment, in light of the governments intended reforms, the same questions are … Continued
Victory for Bristows and Litigation Insurance in Nokia Patent Dispute
James Blick• August 15th, 2011
Intellectual Property specialists Bristows have achieved a groundbreaking win for IPCom in a telecoms patent action before the UK High Court. IPCom was sued by Nokia in April 2010 for revocation of a patent relating to a mechanism for controlling … Continued
Commercial litigators walk negligence tightrope
TheJudge• August 14th, 2011
The changes to civil litigation costs proposed in Lord Justice Jackson’s report, which are to be implemented in the current Legal Aid Bill, could expose litigators to potential negligence claims according to independent risk transfer broker TheJudge. This increased risk … Continued
INSOLV3NCY – Interest Soars
TheJudge• August 14th, 2011
It appears the launch of INSOLV3NCY, a specialist suite of ATE insurance solutions for insolvency litigation, has hit the spot with many insolvency practitioners and insolvency litigation solicitors. We previously mentioned the launch of INSOLV3NCY in news briefings a few … Continued
Other jurisdictions following English example?
TheJudge• July 14th, 2011
The Scottish Government has announced that they are to embark upon a review of litigation funding, echoing the evaluation undertaken by Sir Rupert Jackson in his Civil Litigation Costs Review in England and Wales. The review will be undertaken by … Continued
Innovation in Litigation Funding from TheJudge
TheJudge• July 14th, 2011
TheJugde, an established broker in the litigation risk transfer market, have launched a suite of new litigation risk transfer products to aid litigants involved in commercial litigation and arbitration. Litigation funding and after the event insurance are both amid a … Continued
Civil War
James Delaney• July 11th, 2011
In the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill, the government conceded remarkably little following extensive – though hardly protracted – periods of consultation. As reported in the Gazette, 5,000 submissions on the legal aid proposals made hardly any … Continued
Insolvency Litigation Funding
James Delaney• July 6th, 2011
Insolvency Practitioners (IPs) represent a sector of the litigation community that has been largely overlooked by Lord Justice Jackson and the Ministry of Justice through its endorsement to the proposed changes to eradicate recoverability of success fees and after the … Continued
