- April 24, 2020
One-offs ATE for personal injury: coming back to life?
Ever since the abolition of premium recoverability in April 2013, following the enactment of the Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (LASPO), there has been a very thin after-the-event (ATE) insurance market for one-off personal injury claims. However, it appears that the market might well be coming back to life. This blog … Continue reading One-offs ATE for personal injury: coming back to life? →
- March 2, 2020
Litigation funders, group claims and security for costs: Rowe and others v Ingenious Media Holdings Plc and others
Litigation funders and after the event (ATE) insurers will be carefully reviewing a judgment delivered by Nugee J in the Rowe and others v Ingenious Media litigation because it will affect a number of group claims which, by their nature, rely on funders and ATE to proceed.
- January 9, 2020
The CAT delivers helpful judgment on litigation funding and ATE insurance for class actions
On 28 October 2019, the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) handed down judgment in the Trucks Cartel claims (UK Trucks Claim Limited v Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V. and others and DAF Trucks N.V. and others and Road Haulage Association v MAN SE and others and Daimler AG) on a preliminary issue taken by several objectors who … Continue reading The CAT delivers helpful judgment on litigation funding and ATE insurance for class actions →
- November 1, 2019
New DBA Regulations reform proposals announced to kick-start DBAs
On 17 October 2019, at the invitation of the Ministry of Justice (MoJ), Professor Rachel Mulheron of Queen Mary University of London and Nicholas Bacon QC delivered their initial draft Damages-based Agreement Regulations 2019 for England and Wales, pursuant to their independent review of the DBA Regulations 2013. The DBA Reform Project is now seeking … Continue reading New DBA Regulations reform proposals announced to kick-start DBAs →
