One of the questions most asked with regard to accident claims is, how can your Lawyer do the job for you without taking anything out of the proceeds?

The answer is really quite simple....

The English legal system, in most but not all of cases, allows you to claim back from the responsible party the fees owed to your solicitor for handling the matter. In such a case your solicitor will negotiate the amount of fees due directly with the other side after successfully completing your claim. Whatever your solicitor can recover will be retained as the costs but you will not be expected to pay anything, even if there is a shortfall.

If the case is not successful your solicitor gets nothing.

There are some cases to which the above rule does not apply and those cases are not suitable for handling under the "No Win No Fee " scheme.

For example small cases where the injury will attract compensation of £1000 or less do not qualify. Criminal injury cases are not suitable because the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority will not pay Solicitors fees on top of any compensation. In a Criminal injury case your solicitor will consider acting for you on what is known as a contingency basis. That means the solicitor will act for you in return for you agreeing to a deduction from your compensation if the claim should succeed. A usual deduction would be 25% but your solicitor will discuss specific terms with you. Like the "No Win No Fee" scheme your solicitor will get nothing if the claim fails.