No Win, No Fee - UK Law
If you decide to make a personal injury claim in the UK and Wales (Scottish law has varied slightly in recent times), it should always involve no fees to the person who has received the accident injury as all costs are covered by the third party, should the personal injury claim be successful.
If your accident injury claim is not successful, in most cases our firms solicitors will have already agreed to a no win no fee arrangement with the person making the claim.
Sometimes there is a legal insurance policy, but this depends on the firms own standards of practice. You will be fully consulted on this requirement, if it arises, prior to the firm taking on the case. This is defined by the law society and the practice must be followed by the firm who contacts you.
Not all personal injury claims can have this no fees arrangement, but these are usually only injuries that have occurred from medical negligence, which are very time consuming and lengthy compensation claims, where many additional medical experts are required and are regarded as speculative.
The situation is the same in criminal injury claims and Scottish claims. Accidents which are occur in Scotland are also subject to 'injury solicitor fees' though these are only applied if the claim is successful.
Always check and get written confirmation from the injury lawyer you have chosen to help you with your accidents claim.
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