No win no fee
It is possible to bring a compensation claim without paying for any lawyers' fees!
We are No Win No Fee solicitors - this means that unless we succeed in securing you some compensation whether by settlement out of court or by a court decision - we do not get paid!
We have all the right contacts to arrange insurance for you to safeguard you against the risk of having to pay your opponents legal costs in the event that you do not receive any compensation.
It will be necessary for you to pay your medical experts, court fees and for other expenses. Sometimes we can arrange for these fees to be deferred (if you are in receipt of benefits court fees can usually be waived) or sometimes we will even pay for them until you win your claim.
A No Win No Fee solicitor from our specialist team will be pleased to explain this to you in more detail free of charge.
When we act for our clients on a No Win No Fee basis we take the risk.
How does it all work?
- We tell you whether your case is likely to win or lose.
- If we think you are going to win we may agree to carry out all the work on your case without our own fees being paid unless and until you win, or partly win, your claim.
- If you win or partly win we charge our usual fee (which we call 'basic costs') and a percentage success fee in addition to compensate us for the risk we have taken and the delay in being paid - this percentage is agreed at the outset and is based on the amount of the basic costs not on the amount of compensation recovered.
- Your basic costs are payable by your opponent if you win
- The success fee comprises two parts
- The risk element - this is paid by your opponent and is the larger part
- The delay element - this is paid by you. Sometimes we agree the delay element can be nil.
- To make sure there is no risk of you having to pay anything if you lose we can arrange 'After The Event insurance' to protect you from having to pay your opponents legal costs. The premium for this policy can generally be recovered from your opponent.
- A formal 'Conditional Fee Agreement' is prepared and signed by you and us to record all the details.
It is always our intention that our clients receive the maximum benefit from their compensation.