Following the ruling of Senior Costs Judge Hurst in the RSA Pursuit test cases in May 2005, the Litigation Authority entered into an accord with First Assist Insurance Services Limited, the providers of the After the Event (ATE) policy known as “Pursuit”, whereby disputes between our organisations would be resolved in accordance with the judgment in the test cases.
This accord is non-binding, but has resulted in many cases being concluded without recourse to expensive litigation.
For the avoidance of doubt, NHSLA is willing to talk to any other ATE provider with a view to determining whether an equivalent agreement may be possible.
Indeed, our philosophy has always been to resolve any dispute by discussion rather than litigation.