No Win No Fee - Personal Injury Compensation Claims with clickandclaim’s Personal Injury Solicitors
All personal injury compensation claims at clickandclaim will be dealt with at a no win no fee policy.
Access to justice is important for everyone. Seeking compensation for injuries and harm is not a social problem or the sign of the emergence of a ‘compensation culture,’ but simply realising a civil and legal right. Where a person has been injured through the fault of someone other than themselves, a compensation award can help them to afford help and services to enable them to adjust and fully recover or be compensated for monetary loss. People who have been injured may have lost wages, or even their jobs, as a result of being off work or incapable of doing their job properly. They may have experienced a dramatic change in lifestyle where social opportunities were closed off to them, they may have incurred costs to adapt their life and their homes to deal with the injury, whether during a period of recovery or permanently. They may also have experienced stress, depression and anxiety.
A financial award of compensation (damages) from the person or body responsible can help to reduce public costs of services and benefits to the individual affected. Also lessons learnt from claims ought to benefit others and the public at large by putting right the problems that caused the injury in the first place. Whether as employers, service providers or citizens, we all have obligations to avoid causing harm to others and to take all reasonable steps to prevent such harm arising.
Most personal injury claims are dealt with on a no win no fee basis. A no win no fee agreement allows an ordinary person access to justice. The proper name for this is a conditional fee agreement. A no win no fee agreement means we do not receive any payment unless your case is successful. It is therefore in our interest as well as yours to deal with your case as quickly and efficiently as possible.
There are other possible ways of funding a claim and we will always consider these with you first. In very unusual cases legal aid may be available although this is very unlikely in a personal injury case. You may already have pre-existing legal expenses cover attached to your car or household policy for instance. We will check your policies for you. We will explore other ways of funding your claim with you before entering into a conditional fee agreement.
A no win no fee agreement is exactly what it says. It means if you lose your case you do not make any payment, however it does not always mean you get to keep all of any compensation you receive. You may be asked by some solicitors to pay something at the end. You should always ask this before signing any agreement.
We will only take your case on a no win no fee basis if we believe you are likely to recover more than £1,000 in compensation. This is because in those cases the court can order your opponent to pay your legal costs.
We do not deduct anything from your compensation. You get to keep 100% of your compensation when you deal with clickandclaim. The only exceptions to this are if you lie to us, mislead us or fail to cooperate.
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