No Win No Fee Claim

The term ‘No Win No Fee' is more commonly known in the legal world as a ‘Conditional Fee Agreement'.

‘No Win No Fee' essentially means that your solicitor will act on your behalf with the full understanding that if they do not succeed in winning your case they will not get paid for the work they have done.

If your solicitor is successful and you win your case, the solicitor's fees and all other costs will be paid for by the other party.

You can claim for vibration white finger, back problems, industrial hearing loss, repetitive strain injury, asbestosis, COPD and dermatitis on a No Win No Fee basis.

In order that solicitors may operate on this basis, they arrange a policy of insurance to cover each case that they take on.  This insurance is called an ATE (After The Event) Legal Expenses Insurance Policy. This covers you against the other party's costs should your case be lost in court. The cost of this policy is deferred until the conclusion of the case. If you win your case the policy premium is paid by the other party.  If you lose your case NO FEE for the policy is payable at all.

Due to these arrangements being in place it is very important from a solicitor's point of view that they win the case.

There are some circumstances in which you might have to pay something, for example, if you do not comply with the terms of the Conditional Fee Agreement and/or the ATE LEI policy.

To find out more about the different types of industrial illness/disease click here or to make a claim enquiry click here.