NO WIN NO FEE SOLICITORS

The majority of personal injury lawyers throughout the UK, now deal with personal injury compensation claims on a no win no fee basis. No win no fee agreements are also known as conditional fee agreements. The term No win no fee means, if you do not win your personal injury claim, you will not have to pay the lawyers fee.

Should your claim fail, you will not have to pay your own lawyer, but you will still probably have to pay the costs of the defending party. Also, you will have to pay any other incurred costs (such as court fees or the fee for a medical report). These are normally known as disbursements. However, your lawyer should be able to arrange insurance to cover this risk. This is known as 'after the event' insurance. You may have to pay the insurance cost in full.

For a 'no win, no fee' arrangement to be valid, the lawyer has to complete a number of formalities and provide you with relevant information at the various stages of the claim.

No win no fee was first introduced to the United Kingdom back in 1995 under the solicitors Conditional Fee Agreements, to help people make claims that did not qualify for legal aid. In 2000, legal aid was abolished for personal injury and now most personal injury claims can be conducted using this method.

The legal costs of a personal injury claim are dealt with under a ‘no win no fee’ agreement. This means that if the claim is successful, the Client receives 100% of the compensation awarded and the personal injury lawyer will get paid separately by the opposing party. Nothing is deducted from the your compensation award.

Lawyers can help you make a no win, no fee injury compensation claim. Whether you have had a car accident or an accident at work, a qualified personal injury solicitor will give you expert advice and deal with your claim on a no win, no fee basis.

The contractual terms of no win no fee agreements can vary from company to company, and it is important that you research and study these carefully. You should demand that this agreement be explained in full using the simplest possible terms. (Plain English)

Most injury claim specialists use the Standard Law Society Model "No Win No Fee Agreement" which as stated above means that you are liable for the fees, if the claim is won, but the solicitors recover these fees from the opposition.

Always make sure you go to a qualified injury claim specialist, who offers you a genuine No Win No Fee and promises you 100% Compensation.

It is important to get a written estimate of all the likely costs from the personal injury lawyer, prior to them commencing work on your case, even though you may not have to pay these costs under a no-win, no-fee agreement.

A no-win, no-fee agreement removes some of the uncertainty and financial risk of taking legal action, but it doesn't remove all of it. At this early stage of your injury compensation claim, you are getting only an estimate.