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No Win No Fee – Conditional Fee Agreements
You may hear the term ‘no win, no fee’ on a regular basis. Whether it be on advertisements on television, being stopped on the street by marketing people or whilst completing your preliminary research on which firm to take your claim.
So, the term ‘no win, no fee’ is common. However the term ‘Conditional Fee Agreements’ I can guess is not so familiar with our blog readers. The Conditional Fee Agreement is a document which sets out the terms of the ‘no win, no fee agreement’. Depending on the solicitors, these can be fairly lengthy documents and there is always the temptation to simply trust your lawyer and not read the small print. However, I cannot stress how much we at The Injury Lawyers advise against this.
At The Injury Lawyers we have many clients who have transferred their claim to us due to poor service from their previous solicitors. We are always amazed at the different sorts of Conditional Fee Agreements we see our clients have entered into before coming to us. This is why we like to inform and advise our readers to READ THE PAPERWORK.
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Road accidents are a common occurrence – they really do happen all of the time, every single day. There are so many ways you can end up injured through the negligence of another driver out there on the roads; but there are also ways in which you can claim for compensation even if another vehicle is not involved.
A few road accident examples:
Rear End Collisions
If another car crashes in to the back of you, unless you broke suddenly without good reason, it’s pretty much safe to say that you have a successful claim for compensation. If someone goes in to the back of you, they have not allowed enough distance between their vehicle and yours. They are likely at fault for the accident.
Roundabouts
Accidents on roundabouts can so easily occur! The simple and easy rule to follow is – always give way to your right. If another driver pulls on to the roundabout and hits your vehicle, they are at fault if you were already proceeding on the roundabout. If you and another vehicle to your left approach the roundabout at the same time, you have the right of way – the other vehicle must give way to you on their right. If they don’t, it’s likely you have a successful claim for compensation. Unless you’re driving abroad of course…
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Accidents at Work – Questions Answered
Work accidents are a common occurrence – especially if you work in construction or the manufacturing industry. But a lot of people don’t know they can claim for a work accident when they’ve had one; in fact, there’s probably thousands – if not, millions – of pounds worth of unclaimed compensation because people unfortunately just don’t know when they’re entitled to make a claim.
So – here’s the answers for your convenient digest:
Q: Can You Claim?
If the accident was not your fault, then perhaps you can. If the accident is a direct result of your employers’ negligence, then you can definitely make a claim for compensation. If you’re at work when the accident occurred, it’s definitely worth contacting an injury lawyer for advice.
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Almost everyone reading this blog will be aware of the term ‘No Win, No Fee’. It is a common term nowadays and is featured heavily in the television advertising of personal injury solicitors. But what exactly does ‘No Win, No Fee’ mean. Well, unfortunately, for different law firms it means different things. However, at The Injury Lawyers, it means only one thing – Simply put, it means that if you do not win your claim you do not pay us a penny. Not a single penny. What then if you are successful? Great news! It also means that you do not pay us a penny. That is what separates The Injury Lawyers from other personal injury law firms. Even if you win, you keep 100% of your compensation; guaranteed. After all, it is your compensation, and we genuinely believe you should receive every single penny for it. We believe this because you are awarded compensation in order to place you in the position you would have been had your accident not occurred and you had not been injured. So, for us to ask for even a penny of that compensation would be to your detriment – ultimately you would end up being under compensated. That is something we at The Injury Lawyers could not stomach.
So, under our Conditional Fee Agreement (the technical term for our genuine No Win, No Fee agreement) if your claim is unsuccessful you owe us nothing. It could not be any simpler.
Does that then mean that if I win my claim you will take a percentage of that or try and recover your costs from me? Absolutely not! We recover our fees from the other side. Even if we do not get all our fees back we will never come to you for those fees – that is our problem – and under our agreement we cannot seek these fees from you. We enter into a contract which explicitly states we cannot get our fees from you – so you have absolutely nothing to worry about; which is what separates our agreement for the other law firms. You keep all of your cash guaranteed.
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Bicycle and Motorcycle Accidents
The topic of this blog may be bicycle and motorcycle accidents; however, this can include mopeds, quad bikes, and other similar forms of transportation.
It is easy to see why people like to cycle as it is cheaper (especially with these growing fuel prices), it’s a good exercise, and it’s better for the environment. It is easy to see why people like to get about using a motor bike as it has the thrill factor and there is a great community within bikers. However, along with all these great perks comes the sad news that accidents involving these types of vehicles are on the increase – and can often lead to fatalities.
The fact that these accidents are on the increase may come as no small shock to many readers as if we take the example of motorcycles – these can seem to come out of nowhere on the road. Accidents involving motorcycles tend to occur most predominantly due to traffic meeting at junctions, cross roads or roundabouts, defects on the road surface, items left in the road, or bad weather conditions.
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Sport has a place in many people’s lives, whether this is through direct participation or simply watching it on the television in the comfort of your home. In fact, for some people sport is everything. It is what they live for. For such people, and indeed others, playing sport is an important part of their daily routine. However, as I am sure many of you are aware, playing sport can lead to injury. Fortunately, many injuries are minor and are cured on the spot with a little help from the ‘magic sponge’. However, other injuries are more serious and can take a matter or months, even years to recover from. If you have suffered a personal injury as a result of your participation in sporting activity you may be able to make a claim for compensation.
When we play sport we know that there is a high likelihood of physical contact between players. We know of that risk and we accept it. For instance, in a game of football, the players are well aware that they may get tackled. Likewise, during a boxing match the boxers are fully aware that they will inevitably be punched. Does that then mean that if we are injured whilst playing sport we cannot make a claim for compensation? No, not at all. It all depends on your injury and how it was sustained. It is therefore important that you seek the advice of a quality personal injury lawyer who can advise you as to whether you may be entitled to compensation.
If you are playing football for example and someone purposely does a horrendous tackle on you and as a result you suffer a broken leg, you may well deserve compensation. This is because they have been reckless and this was not what you signed up for when you said you would take part in the football match. Sure, you might get a mistimed tackle, but you certainly did not permit someone to deliberately break your leg. This action was well beyond what you would anticipate and so a claim for compensation can follow.
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OK – so how does it work? There are so many ways you can end up being injured in an accident through no fault of your own; but does that mean you have a claim for compensation? Well, it all depends on what’s happened…
You’re Not at Fault – Who IS at Fault?
This is a key question. To be able to claim for compensation, someone else, whether it’s a company or a person, has to be at fault for your injuries. There doesn’t necessarily have to be malice involved – accidents can easily happen through the negligence of someone else. But either way, if you are injured because someone else has failed you, you may well have a claim for compensation!
Road Accidents
The most common form of injury claim – they unfortunately happen all the time. It’s so easy for a driver to lose concentration and pull out of a side road, or fail to stop and crash in to the back of you. If you are injured in a road accident that wasn’t your fault, instruct an independent injury lawyer to represent you for your claim.
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School complaints can often be a bit of a touchy subject – it’s not nice to think that we would ever have to claim from a public institution serving the generations of tomorrow. But, as I would like to think many of you would agree, health and safety is of even more importance in schools; particularly at infant and primary level.
As specialist personal injury lawyers, we rarely hear of an accident we haven’t already got experience in – so a great deal of our new claims come as no surprise. But when you hear of a child being injured through the schools negligence, it always feels different. I often ask myself: “how has an institution catering for the education of such young people allowed something like this to happen?” Naturally, the parents and guardians of the child claims we take on normally express their frustration and concerns to us quite honestly and openly; it’s a parent’s natural instinct to safeguard their children.
In infant and primary schools, health and safety should be at the forefront of every staff member’s minds. So, if your child has been injured at school, when can you make a claim for compensation?
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If you have been in an accident that wasn’t your fault, you can make a claim for compensation if you are suffering from a whiplash injury.
Whiplash is normally caused by the sudden and violent jolting of your neck either forwards, backwards, or sideways; commonly occurring after a road accident. Even in a minor crash you can end up with a nasty whiplash injury. It’s normally quite easy to establish who is at fault in a road accident – if you’re the blameless victim, you can make a claim for whiplash if you are suffering the symptoms.
Whiplash Symptoms
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Legal Expense Insurance – The Truth
Personal injury claims are on the increase. Therefore, it comes as no surprise that more and more people are competing to represent you in your claim.
At The Injury Lawyers, we want you to make an educated decision regarding which law firm is best for your claim. The trouble with this is how do people get educated and so learn how to pick the good guys from the bad?
Well, this is where our blogs come in. As personal injury experts, we want to keep you advised with up to the minute blogs informing you about a whole range of personal injury issues. This particular blog is no different and informs you of one of the biggest confusions within personal injury today.
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