Origin of the No Win No Fee: 1998 saw the advent of No Win No Fee claim solicitors taking birth. The reasons are attributed to the ever rising costs of legal aid in the UK, and the government deciding to introduce a new method of compensating the injury solicitors thus reducing the burden on them. The No Win No Fee claim seemed to be the next alternative.



Meaning: This kind of compensation claim is available to all such people who believe that they have grounds for a personal injury claim and compensation. In a No Win No Fee claim situation, a solicitor is entitled to his fees (agreed upon prior to the claim) only if he wins the case.

Grounds of agreement for a Compensation Solicitor: As per the prevalent law, upon winning your personal injury claim, your solicitor is required or entitled to claim his fee and expenses from your opponent. In an event that the solicitor believes that your case has merit to win, he will be more than willing to work free for you, secure in the knowledge that he will be compensated for his fee and expenses by your opponent upon his winning the case for you.

Awareness: There are some No Win no Fee solicitors who may ask you to pay the fee upfront, so that you can be reimbursed once you win the case by your opponent. You will need to bear in mind that the courts would agree to reimburse reasonable fee and expenses of your solicitor, and you could end up being reimbursed less than what you have paid. In the event that you lose the case, you are liable for the fee of the opponent's lawyer and the court's fee. In case you are using a No Win No Fee solicitor, make sure to ask him whose liability it would be, if you lose the case. A good solicitor may tell you that he would take an insurance to cover the eventuality, please make sure that he has done so since the solicitor's fee and the court's fee could set you back a long way. The liability could be covered in return of a small premium to an insurance company.

Benefits Of a No Win No Fee Claim Solicitor: Apart from being waived from paying the solicitor's fee, irrespective of the outcome, the larger benefit is that you will receive your entitled personal injury compensation in full. No part of this compensation goes towards the fee or expenses of the No win no Fee solicitor. This compensation thus can be put to better use in full. Moreover, since the No Win No Fee solicitors are paid on the basis of their successes, their success rates are higher and are rated as experts in the subject of the personal injury law. They are the better than most in their advice about your chances of winning you personal injury compensation claim.