No win No fee Claims Solicitors

What does No Win No Fee Solicitors actually mean?

A ‘no win, no fee’ agreement with a personal injury solicitor is exactly what the name suggests. If your claim is unsuccessful, your solicitor is not paid so there is no financial risk to you.  The legal term for this is Conditional Fee Agreement (CFA). Grieves Solicitors can help you bring a No Win, No Fee Personal Injury Claim.

No win, no fee agreements are designed to ensure that if you have been injured, through no fault of your own, you are able to access legal advice and obtain a compensation award for what has happened to you without worrying about any upfront legal costs. The idea is to help those who are rightly entitled to make a claim for compensation and obtain legal advice to do so without any financial risk or fear of facing a large legal bill.

Certain civil cases such as personal injury such as

• medical negligence
• road traffic accidents
• accidents at work

are covered by no win, no fee agreements in England and Wales.

Call us free now on 0800 0747 644 or complete a Free Online Enquiry and let us explain your rights and your options.

What is ATE Insurance?

Most Solicitors advise applicants to take out an ATE (After the Event) insurance policy with a No Win, No Fee agreement.

This policy covers the legal costs which a Claimant may have to pay to a Defendant if their claim is unsuccessful or the Claimant is ordered to pay their opponents costs by the court. It also covers disbursements which the Claimant may have to pay if unsuccessful such as court fees, medical and expert fees.

Usually, you will not have to pay the cost of insurance policy if your claim is not successful. If your claim is successful the policy cost is deducted from your compensation award.

Personal Injury General Damages 

General damages compensate you for the pain and suffering you have sustained from your accident-related injuries and loss of amenity.

In order for us to value your general damage claim, we will instruct a medical expert who will prepare a report on your accident-related injuries for your claim.

The expert will be given a full copy of your GP and hospital records which we will request. The medical expert may recommend some treatment which will assist your recovery which the insurers of the person responsible for causing your accident may be asked to pay.

The medical expert will advise us which of your current symptoms have been caused by the accident and if any pre-existing conditions have been aggravated or brought forward by your accident. Depending on what the report says we may be able to advise you of the value of your general damage claim which will be assessed from the date of the accident to the date of recovery or estimated date of recovery if you have not yet recovered.

If you have kept a “pain diary” in which you have recorded the pain you have experienced on a daily basis and the activities you have been prevented from carrying out because of it we will send a copy of this to the medical expert who will be able to see just how much you have suffered and been inconvenienced by your accident and they will then analyse the extent of the pain you have suffered as a result of this accident.

Details of any hobbies or leisure activities, such as swimming or other sporting activities or going on holiday, which you have been unable to do because of your accident will show how much your life has been affected by this accident and will be helpful for the medical expert to assess how much you have been affected by the accident. The medical expert will also need to know the details of any pain and suffering you have experienced because of the accident and any disturbed sleep or nightmares

Personal Injury Special Damages

Special damages compensate you for any financial losses you may have incurred as a direct result of your accident.

These can be items such as loss of earnings, personal care, and housework undertaken by friends and/or relatives as a direct result of the accidents, prescriptions you have paid for or over the counter medicines, such as painkillers or bandages as well as fares to the Hospital, Doctor or to see your Solicitor and telephone bills, damage to clothing or other belongings and any other reasonable expenses.

Some of these items may seem trivial but they can mount up as the case progresses and show you just how much you have been inconvenienced as a direct result of your accident.

In order to support your special damage claim, it would help if you are able to provide us with various documents including copies of your wage slips and receipts for items paid.

For special damages we will also need:

• Details of any personal activities such as bathing, driving, going upstairs, cooking, cleaning, and washing which you have been unable to do because of your accident.
• Details of care provided to you by friends or relatives because of your injury, e.g. bathing you, helping you to shower, shaving you or making meals for you or doing the housework which you would do before the accident.

Calculating Compensation Payouts in a No Win, No Fee Injury Claim

Our Compensation Calculator is designed to give an idea of the amount you could expect to receive in general damages. However, it is not exhaustive and it is no substitute for speaking to one of our experienced team of personal injury lawyers. Our experienced solicitors are in a far better position to provide you with clearer information on the compensation amount you could expect to receive.

In particular, one of the experienced personal injury solicitors in Huddersfield will be able to advise you about the special damages that may be added to the general damages, to reach a better estimate of the total possible award.

You can call us for free now on 0800 0747 644 or complete our contact form and a member of our expert team will be happy to speak with you to discuss any queries in detail with you. It will cost you nothing to make that call and there are no upfront charges if you decide to proceed with Grieves Solicitors. If your claim is unsuccessful and you are not awarded any compensation for your injuries, then you will not have to worry about legal charges as you do not pay us a penny.