Since 1995 onward the abolition of Legal Aid by the UK government has given birth to a widely popular legal scheme - No Win No Fee. Before this time citizens, without the financial capacity to provide lawyer's charges, used to receive monetary assistance from government under Legal Aid. However, with time this scheme did cost quite a great deal of money to the governance and introduction of the no win no fee was a successful step towards reducing the huge expense. The new scheme has been accepted widely both by the legislative system of the country as well as citizens mainly due to two reasons:
That it helped in reducing the financial burden significantly
That it entitled claimants to receive 100% of the compensation claim along with the associated costs and in case of a lost case, the lawyer doesn't get paid
The only disadvantage of the scheme is that a lawyer or a legal firm alone has the capacity to offer benefits of the scheme to a client, provided they are convinced that chances of winning the case is considerably high. In certain situations, legal assistance seekers have also complained of fee spamming, which means the lawyer, after winning the case, has charged the client with more than 20% of the compensation amount as his professional fee. However, such a situation can easily be avoided if the claimant gets things clear amount payment prior to signing the final contract.
The Basic Terms and Conditions:
The no win no fee scheme is a part of the Conditional Fee Agreements and it is provided to a claimant on the discretion of a solicitor or soliciting firm.
Determination of the risk assessment procedure is done by a solicitor or soliciting firm.
You are eligible to avail benefits of the no win no fee only when the final contract is signed between you and your lawyer.
Under the no win no fee scheme you are entitled to receive 100% of the projected compensation amount, which will exclude the lawyer's fee. However, the court will instruct the defendant, if he loses the case, to pay the fee as well.
What are the grounds for Requesting a No win No fee?
The no win no fee scheme can only be availed in a civil case, especially when the actions of one person is responsible for breaching the civil rights of another. Such cases fall under the provision of personal injury (both physical and psychological harms caused) and are components of the Tort law. If a person receives certain degrees of damage that falls within the following categories and he doesn't have any role to play behind occurrence of the incident then he may be considered eligible for no win no fee scheme:
- Road traffic accidents
- Motorcycle Accidents
- Work place related accidents
- Damages caused due to medical negligence
- Industrial diseases and the complications suffered
- Catastrophic injuries
There are several reputable law firms in the UK that offer people benefits under the no win fee scheme and help them to win 100% of the compensation. Contact one of them and be compensated for the damages caused without any flaw on your part.
