February 11th, 2010 | 
Author: If you have suffered an accident in the workplace or been involved in a car accident, you may well want to make a ‘no win no fee’ accident claim for personal injury.
This is a particularly useful scheme as most claims are not eligible for legal aid, which means stumping up for costly legal fees that will probably not be returned if your claim is dismissed by the court.
However, under the terms of no win no fee claims you are not liable for a solicitor’s fees if you are unsuccessful and should you win, the losing party should cover the costs.
In the case of the losing party deciding the costs are too high, the court may decide that the entire amount need not be paid. In this case, you could have to make up the difference from the compensation you have been awarded.
Also, before deciding to go ahead with a no win no fee personal injury claim, it is advisable to make certain exactly how much the solicitor will deduct from your compensation as his success fee, and how much is likely to be covered from the losing party.
Think carefully about this and shop around for no win no fee solicitors that have the best success rate compared with the amount that they expect to take as their fee for winning a case. This could make a significant difference to the amount of personal injury compensation that ends up in your pocket.
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