No Win No Fee Accident Claims

A No-Win, No-Fee accident claim means that a solicitor will not ask you to pay for any insurance policy, medical reports, medical records or court fees. They will finance all expenses without any exceptions. In almost all cases solicitors will pay compensation in full to you with absolutely no deductions. It is usually guaranteed to be completely yours, risk free.

There are some exceptions to this such as where the Motor Insurers Bureau (MIB) must get involved or where applications to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA) are required. You should always check the specifics of your case with you legal representative.

In November 1998 Legal Aid was withdrawn and was replaced by the conditional fee scheme and/or the conditional fee agreement (CFA). The term (no win no fee) is used to describe such arrangements, this means that the solicitor is only entitled to payment of their legal fee if he/she wins your case.

If you win

The losers of the case (insurance company and/or defendant) pay the solicitors fees and costs and in this way you will receive full compensation and reward for the full amount of your claim in a no win no fee arrangement.

If you lose

Initially the solicitors will evaluate your claim, at that point he/she decides whether to take on your case. Only if the case is lost will the solicitor be unable to claim costs from the third party (defendant) and because of the no win no fee agreement with yourself (the plaintiff) they therefore effectively waiver and write off the need for you to pay any fee's