Litigation Support Guide 2026 : UK-wide
Ranked Individual
Provided by Temple Legal Protection
Established in 1999, Temple Legal Protection is a UK-based specialist provider of legal expenses insurance and disbursement funding, trusted by leading law firms nationwide. For over 25 years they have worked in close partnership with commercial litigators to reduce the financial risk, support access to justice and enables better outcomes for their clients.
Temple’s A-rated commercial ATE insurance offers robust, flexible cover with fully deferred and contingent premiums for a wide range of commercial disputes -
• General commercial litigation
• Commercial Disputes
• Professional Negligence
• Property Litigation
• Shareholder Disputes
• Insolvency Litigation
• Media and Communications
• Financial Mis-selling
• Public Law
• Competition Law
• Construction Disputes
• Arbitration Insurance
• Contentious Trusts and Probate
• Intellectual property disputes
• Contractual disputes
• Group actions
• High court employment disputes
They have expert underwriters who work with litigators throughout the lifecycle of a case and supported by a first-class in-house claims team.
Temple's commitment to technical excellence was recognised through the award of Corporate Chartered Insurance Underwriting Agent status by the Chartered Insurance Institute. The accreditation reflects the expertise and professionalism that underpin its work on an increasing number of complex and high-value commercial disputes, supporting leading law firms across a wide range of litigation matters
Provided by Chambers
Temple Legal Protection is a specialist legal costs insurance underwriter operating as an MGA. The firm has written more than GBP350 million in premiums and GBP20 billion in insurance cover since 2010 to more than 900 UK law firms. Temple covers commercial cases and personal injury and clinical negligence claims, and opened an office in Dublin to cover European matters in 2025.
Provided by Chambers
Temple offers competitive, reasonable premiums and a very user-friendly portal facility for reporting and drawing down funds to pay disbursements.
Temple are very easy to deal with and they take a very proactive approach.
Temple are very approachable, commercial, easy to use and understanding. Nothing is ever too much trouble.
At Temple, they have a good understanding of the legal concepts and they provide insurance without unreasonable restrictions. They have diverse expertise and they always respond quickly with proactive communication.
Provided by Chambers
Matthew Pascall joined Temple Legal Protection in 2017 and now serves as legal director. He is a highly experienced commercial barrister and leads the commercial litigation team at Temple.
Matthew has never been anything other than supportive.
Matthew is sensible, pragmatic and very easy to deal with.
Matthew secures an exceptional level of funding support on a wide range of PI and clinical negligence cases.
Matthew is a very thorough, intelligent and experienced individual who takes time to understand each proposal so he can ensure the right products are offered.
Matthew is really approachable and great to work with.
Litigation Insurance Underwriters
Provided by Temple Legal Protection
Andy Lyalle
James Jobling
Tadgh Kelly
Jamela Collins
Sukhbir Kaur
Tom Watkins
Oliver White
Matthew Pascall
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