No Win No Fee Employment Solicitors

by Jami Pietrzak

If you weren’t already mindful of it, the sector of injury is awash with a new buzz-phrase: the no win no fee claim. However, what is no win no fee and as significantly, what are the benefits of designating a no win no fee claim solicitor?

Origins

With the spiralling costs of Legal Aid swamping the United Kingdom treasury, the UK State decided the UK Government decided that the time has come to introduce a new strategy by which compensation barristers may be paid for personal injury claims, thereby reducing the duty on them. The alternative agreed upon and put into operation in 1998, the no win no fee claim.

What Does It Mean?

Basically, a no win no fee compensation claim is available to any one who believes they have grounds to make a personal injury claim for compensation. Under this conditional fee arrangement, an accident barrister representing you in a private injury claim is only entitled to be paid his fees if he wins the case.

Why Would A Compensation Barrister Agree To Such An Arrangement?

Under the law, if you win your private injury compensation claim, your compensation barrister has entitlement to claim his costs and expenses from your opponent. As a result, if your solicitor believes your case has merit, he’ll be ready to work for you for free, safe in the realization that he is going to be paid for his work by your adversary when he wins the case.

Is There Anything I must Be Aware Of?

Yes ; infrequently a no win no fee solicitor will try to pay his fees on the grounds that you can be reimbursed by your competitor after you win the case. However, you should keep in mind that the courts will only reimburse you for the reasonable fee costs of your barrister - so if you agree to such an agreement there’s a chance that you are going to not be getting a hundred percent compensation you are legitimately titled to.

Also, you need to remember that if you lose your private injury claim, though you won’t be responsible for your own solicitor’s fees, you may be held responsible for fees off your adversary and even, possibly, the court’s costs. So, if you’re going to use the services of a no win no fee compensation solicitor you must ensure that you ask him who’ll pay if you do happen to lose the case.

In this regard, a good accident barrister will tell you that they have taken out insurance to cover this eventuality. If your solicitor has not taken out insurance, you need to urge him to do so - as solicitors’ and court costs are dear and can easily be covered with a minimal premium paid to an insurance company.

What Are The Benefits of designating A No Win No Fee Claim Solicitor?

Beside the obvious benefit of not having to pay for your solicitor’s services - whether you win or lose - the biggest benefit of designating a no win no fee solicitor is the fact that you may receive 100% of the personal injury compensation you are entitled to.

In other words, none of the compensation you’ll be paid from your no win no fee accident claim, will be eaten up in solicitors’ fees and costs. In turn this means that the compensation you are paid can be put to good use that it was reserved for - recompensing you for the private injury YOU suffered.

In addition to the above, because no win no fee solicitors are only paid on the premise that they win the injury case they are working on, they generally tend to be fantastic at what they do and are pros in personal injury law.

As a result, they will most probably be able to give you the best recommendation as to whether or not your personal injury compensation claim has an opportunity of winning.

About the Author:
Choosing the right solicitor can be a difficult job, checkout our No Win No Fee Employment Solicitors guide for more great advice and further information.

Published by: Nelson Mertes on June 28th, 2009 | Filed under Legal



Leave a Comment

rss feed