| Up until the late 90's Legal Aid was available for | | | | claiming. |
| personal injury claims. In case you had had an | | | | Owing to the sizable amount of firms who are able |
| accident you can actually visit a lawyer and they | | | | to offer their clients a no win, no fee compensation |
| would collect their payments and expenditures by | | | | claim, it will be important to shop around prior to |
| means of obtaining Legal aid. The claimant would | | | | settling on a certain company. There is a small |
| finish up paying out nothing or very little fees. | | | | amount of background investigation you will be able |
| Because of the amount of incidents for personal | | | | to do, for example looking around their website, |
| injuries the government abandoned this and withdrew | | | | reading testimonials from previous customers, and |
| its funding. It had been replaced with conditional fees | | | | getting a feel of the organisation. In case you are in |
| arrangements or "no win no fee" arrangements which | | | | any doubt, a reputable company is not going to |
| is putting the risk onto the lawyer. | | | | hesitate to put you in touch with one of their |
| At present solicitors will work without cost under the | | | | previous clients to verify their legitimacy. |
| agreement that if they don't win the case they will | | | | Companies which provide a no win, no fee claim |
| not get compensated. This makes lawyers only | | | | agreement will usually also offer free, confidential |
| tackle cases they recognize they have got a pretty | | | | initial consultations, whereby they'll examine your case |
| good probability of winning. None of the winning | | | | and conclude whether they should go ahead with it. |
| compensation goes to your lawyer, the entire award | | | | This first meeting should also be a chance for the |
| goes to the victim and so the solicitor will get his | | | | client to get a feel for the company - if your gut |
| charges and expenditures from the insurance | | | | instincts let you know that something isn't quite right |
| company of the losing party. | | | | about them, you're under no commitment to carry |
| A no win, no fee compensation claim is basically self | | | | on working with them from that point onwards. |
| explanatory, in that the customer isn't liable to pay | | | | Another way to gauge the reputation of a firm is to |
| their lawyer fees in the event the case isn't won. | | | | see their degree of knowledge, their previous |
| Similarly, if the case is successful, you'll get to keep | | | | achievement rate, along with the number of specialist |
| every penny of the compensation you're awarded; | | | | solicitors they have got working for them. If a |
| the losing group shall be responsible for the legal | | | | company has one solicitor that handles all of their |
| costs, and your lawyers will also get back their | | | | cases from whiplash injuries to fatal accidents, |
| 'success fee' from the other side. | | | | they're perhaps not likely to be as proficient as a |
| Typically, clients pay an insurance premium whilst | | | | company which has many solicitors with several areas |
| pursuing a no win, no fee claim, since although they | | | | of expertise. |
| would not be accountable for their very own lawyers | | | | Clients must still be aware when approached by |
| fees if they wind up losing the case, they would | | | | personal injury companies, because there continue to |
| nonetheless have to pay the entire legal charges of | | | | be a lot of companies which incorporate heavy |
| the other side. Again, if your case is successful, this | | | | hidden costs and fees for such things as risk |
| premium insurance expense will be covered by the | | | | assessments, and high insurance premiums - it really is |
| losing group. This is the reason a lot of firms will | | | | well worth performing the extra research on a firm |
| reassure their clients that not a penny of the money | | | | to prevent being saddled with giant legal fees which |
| they are awarded will be consumed in legal costs, | | | | were not made clear to you at the beginning. |
| since this is something which puts lots of people off | | | | |