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For many, finding that “Holy Grail” 100% compensation solicitor seems like nothing but a pipe dream. Most lawyers don’t advertise that they are taking up to 25% from their clients payouts due to law changes, and most lawyers will use, in my opinion, misleading advertising with thinks like “100% No Win, No Fee” or “No cost solicitors” etc. Neither of those statement is indicative of you receiving 100% of your compensation payout,

So when you read our 100% Compensation Pledge For U, you’re probably thinking – “what’s the catch?”

How can we give you 100% of your payout when other lawyers can’t? What makes us so special? Is it even possible? Are there hidden fees or is this just a way of enticing you in so we can charge you in another way?
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Whilst it may sound like something out of a slapstick comedy sketch, falling down an open trapdoor is no laughing matter and can result in serious injuries for the victim involved. You’re liable to break at least one bone, or perhaps end up with significant muscular, tendon, and / or ligament damage. You may end up injuring your back quite badly as well.

In general, the prospects of winning a claim for personal injury compensation for falling down an open trapdoor are good. For a public place like a bar or a restaurant, those in control of the premises must adhere to the Occupiers Liability Act. This means they must take all reasonable steps to prevent someone from being injured.
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Are you looking to make a claim for personal injury compensation? Where you expecting to get 100% of your payout, only to find lawyers are now talking about taking up to 25% from your payout instead? Or have you just got some paperwork through from a firm who neglected to mention that up to a quarter of your compensation will be swallowed up by them in legal fees?

The reason for the sudden U-turn in lawyers offering 100% compensation is because the government has changed the law on April 2013.

Many law firms are misadvising people because they don’t understand the changes. Some are potentially misleading people with offers like “100% No Win, No Fee” which isn’t actually confirming you will receive 100% of your compensation.
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Firstly, this is not one of those offers where we give you extra money which basically comes out of the running costs for your claim; leaving you with a potentially rubbish service! In fact, our 110% compensation for you pledge is because of law changes that have increased the general amount of compensation you can recover by 10%.

The Changes

In April 2013, the government stopped lawyers being able to recover all of their fees from the other side. They stopped us recovering a Success Fee and an After The Event insurance premium.
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Due to law changes in April 2013, other lawyers are now deducting 25% from your compensation payout and they are asking for payment of insurance. This is because the law change stopped lawyers being able to recover two things from the losing side – a Success Fee, and an After The Event insurance premium.

The Success Fee is a fee that helps us to fund No Win, No Fee claims as part of our access to justice rights. The insurance is something we can take out to cover you for costs from the losing side in certain situations.
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In April 2013, the government (in my opinion) ruined decades of access to justice and fairness when they abolished the recovery of certain legal fees in claims for personal injury compensation. For years accident victims were able to receive 100% of their payout as all of their legal fees could be recoverable from the opponent.

This is fair, right? Why should the victim have to pay to claim? If you suffered just vehicle damages in a road accident, you wouldn’t expect to have to pay your insurers to sort it out would you!?

But the government went ahead and stopped the recovery of two things – a Success Fee, and an After The Event insurance premium.
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READ ON – WE ARE STILL OFFERING 100% COMPENSATION AGREEMENTS!

We can’t stress this enough! Take care when instructing a law firm to represent you for your claim for personal injury. The law has changed so most lawyers are now taking up to 25% from your compensation payout!

We can still offer a full 100% compensation agreement, so –
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April 2013 – the dawn of a dark era for personal injury claiming when our wonderful government decided that people should pay to claim. They decided that the victim should suffer and have to lose some of their compensation. Why? Well, we have no idea. But the rules have changed.

To be brief, the rule change means lawyers cannot recover all of their legal fees from the other side like we used to be able to. As such, law firms are now taking a deduction of up to 25% from your payout, and they are asking for payment of insurance as well.
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We take on and win a high volume of claims for personal injury compensation. We are used to dealing with all sorts of different types of accidents and circumstances in which people are injured.

Whilst there are many ways you can be injured, the law that applies is usually the same when it comes to injuries in public places like shops, restaurants, or supermarkets; known as the Occupiers Liability Act. When it comes to defective premises claims against a landlord, the law is also similar. So too is it for incidents at work in which the applicable law is commonly The Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992.
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Claims for compensation are split into two “heads” of damages; one is referred to as General Damages and the other Special Damages. The latter is any losses that you have suffered as a result of your claim such as loss of earnings, travel expenses, medication expenses and care and assistance.

This is calculated by your solicitor who compiles a schedule of loss to send to the defendant proving this head – this is why your representation may request wage slips and other documents to support your losses. General damages is the compensation awarded to you for the pain and suffering that has been caused by somebody else’s negligence; this is what this blog will focus on.
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