No Win No Fee
What exactly is a No Win No Fee claim?
Whenever personal injury claims are discussed, advertised or pursued, the phrase ‘no win no fee’ will crop up on a regular basis. It’s therefore vital, if you have the basis for a compensation claim, that you understand precisely what a claim made on a no win no fee basis entails. The first thing that must be understood is that it doesn’t guarantee you are going to win your case. No reputable injury lawyer would make such a claim, and any that do are being somewhat less than truthful. A company which guarantees success is actually only guaranteeing one thing – that they are not to be trusted. It is this kind of ‘overselling’ of compensation claims which has led to the idea of seeking compensation for personal injury being unfairly maligned.
We do, however, make certain guarantees, and one of them is that we will only take your case on if we think you have a strong claim and a really good chance of being awarded compensation. What our ‘no win no fee’ system actually means is that you can pursue your claim safe in the knowledge that, no matter what the outcome or how long the case goes on for, it won’t cost you a penny.
In this way, the ability to seek justice following an injury which wasn’t your fault isn’t something which is restricted to the wealthy, and we think that’s exactly as it should be. In years gone by, people may have hesitated to seek compensation because of the fear of how much it might cost them if they lost – fear that they might end up having to pay damages, costs and expensive solicitors fees. Our no win no fee claims system puts an end to this fear and opens up justice and fairness for all.
If you lose your claim
Clearly, we go out of our way to make sure we win as many of our cases as possible, but occasionally, even the strongest seeming claim can fail. If you do lose your claim then you needn’t worry, your own lawyer’s fees and the costs of the other party will be fully covered by insurance – you won’t be asked to pay anything.
If you win your claim
In the event of your claim being successful, and you being awarded compensation for your injury, your own lawyer’s fees will be paid by the other side. Nothing will be taken from your compensation, which means that you’ll receive every single penny of however much the court decides you are legally entitled to.
What all of this means is that you’ll be able to decide whether to make a claim for compensation weighing up nothing more or less than the rights and wrongs of your case. If you feel you’ve been injured and the fault lies elsewhere then you can make that claim, without being held back by fears over money and the nagging doubt that you can’t really afford to go after what you truly deserve.
The law as it stands means that there are some exceptional cases in which the no win no fee system is not applicable. Our experts will weigh up the facts of your case and outline precisely the way forward.