About

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

Chambers Review

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Litigation Insurance Underwriters - UK-wide

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Band 3

What the Team is Known For

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 it opened an office in Dublin to cover European matters in 2025.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Matthew Pascall
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Matthew Pascall
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Band 3

Matthew Pascall joined Temple Legal Protection in 2017 and now serves as legal director. Pascall is a highly experienced commercial barrister and leads the commercial litigation team at Temple.

Matthew Pascall has excellent technical knowledge and is able to ask challenging questions which iron out difficult legal points and make you think outside the box. He is a pleasure to work with.

Matthew Pascall is a very technically gifted individual who takes the time to learn the case the solicitor is looking to bring so that he can offer the best product at a competitive rate.

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Litigation Insurance Underwriters

Matthew Pascall
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Matthew Pascall
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Members

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Andy Lyalle

Jamela Collins

James Jobling

Oliver White

Sukhbir Kaur

Tadgh Kelly

Tom Watkins

Industries

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Disbursement Funding

Legal Expenses Insurance

Litigation

Litigation Insurance