Whether you are involved in a traffic accident and have suffered a personal injury or in the case you have been the victim of medical negligence, you are entitled to receive legal advice and legal representation on the case and, more importantly, to make a claim for the respective negative situation that you have experienced.
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| No win no fee – definition | No win no fee defines the legal right a person has when addressing to a lawyer to not pay the lawyer’s fee at the beginning, but a comission at the end of the trial in case of a succesful result. |
| Law regulating no win no fee | The Conditional Fee Agreements Order 2013 |
| Legal situations when no win no fee applies | The services of our no win no fee solicitors in Manchester can be provided for a variety of cases, such as: – claims for personal injury, – work-related accidents, – road traffic accidents, – medical negligence etc. |
| When no win no fee can be imposed | The no win no fee has 2 main scenarios: 1) for unsuccessful cases, the client does not need to pay the lawyer (no fee will be charged), 2) for successful cases, the client will pay a percentage from the value of the claim. |
| Situations when lawyers can charge fees | The no win no fee system will impose lawyers’ fees for successful cases. |
| Documents to sign for no win no fee legal representation | The client and our lawyers in Manchester will sign a no win no fee agreement (also refered to as conditional fee agreement). |
| Time limits for no win no fee cases | They can depend on the legal branch. For personal injury claims, the time limit is three years since the accident took place (as long as the fault for the accident is of a third party – partly or wholly). |
| What is a success fee | A success fee is the fee charged by our no win no fee solicitors in Manchester for cases when our clients are entitled to obtain claims and compensations. |
| Percentages that can be applied in no win no fee cases | Articles 3 and 5 of the The Conditional Fee Agreements Order 2013 state that lawyers can charge: – maximum 25% (in first instance proceedings) – up to 100% (in other cases outside first instance proceedings). |
| Situations when lawyers can’t apply a fee | In successful cases, lawyers will not apply a fee if the cases fall under the rules of the Section 82 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990(7). For unsuccessful cases, our no win no fee solicitors in Manchester will not charge a fee. |
| VAT charged to the lawyers’ fees (yes/no) | Yes |
| Who is required to pay fees in no win no fee cases? | The compensation is paid by the opponent of the client or the insurer of the opponent. The success fee is charged to the client, but not more than 25% of the value of the claim. |
| Standard financial agreements in a no win no fee case | The no win no fee agreement must state that the client will not pay for an unsuccessful case. If the case will be successful, the document must state the the client will be entitled to minimum 75% of the claim and that the lawyer will obtain up to 25% of the value of the compensation. |
| Legal representation from our lawyers in no win no fee (yes/no) | Yes |
| Other types of legal services offered by our team | Our team can provide legal representation in a variety of legal branches, such as: – corporate law, – probate law, – family and divorce law, – personal injury and medical negligence, – consumer law, – criminal law, etc. |
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As a client hiring a lawyer you will not be required to pay the lawyer in the case in which the outcome of the proceedings was not favorable.
This is known as no win no fee, which, from a legal point of view, is named Conditional Fee Agreement. However, in the situation in which the result of the proceeding is favorable to the client, then he or she will have to pay our lawyer in Manchester with the established fee.
Addressing our no win no fee solicitors in Manchester can be advantageous in numerous situations, given the fact that the costs associated to a trial, including the court costs, can become very costly for the parties involved.
Our team of no win no fee solicitors in Manchester can provide this service to any client, in particular situations. A claim can be made in the case in which you have been the victim of a road accident which was caused by another party. Work accidents claims are also eligible to be represented by our no win no fee solicitors in Manchester.
You can also rely on our Manchester solicitors in the case you were involved in a public place accident (this refers to minor accidents such as slipping or tripping and other similar cases).
Persons who were exposed to various industrial diseases can address our team as well, but also those who were involved in any case of medical negligence, regardless if the problem was caused by a medical professional or by other medical staff. With regards to the fees of our lawyer in Manchester, we present the following:
Not all situations in which clients need the assistance of a lawyer in Manchester grant access to the no win no fee system. In fact, it is limited to specific types of legal scenarios, some of which have been presented so far in this article. Please mind that clients should usually address no win no fee solicitors in Manchester in cases pertaining to:
The no win no fee is not limited solely to the list presented above, therefore we invite you to address our Manchester solicitors for further information on when you can claim no win no fee services.
Just like in the case of any other legal claims, clients need to provide sufficient evidence for the claim they want to make. Initially, the client will get in touch with our no win no fee solicitors in Manchester, who will analyze the characteristics of the situation and will inform the client whether the case can be brought in front of local authorities.
Provided that our team considers there is enough proof, our lawyers will start the necessary formalities for legal representation. For this, we will need to analyze documents such as:
No, individuals who win their claims do not have to pay taxes on the amount they have been paid with, regardless if the case was settled in court or through out-of-court procedures.
Our no win no fee solicitors in Manchester will always advise clients to make a claim only in the situation in which they consider that there are plausible chances of winning the respective case. However, given that the lawyers do not have the power on the decision-making process (this is limited to judges or other parties for cases settled out-of-court), they can not guarantee clients that the case will be successful.
At most, they can estimate the manner in which the case may develop, given their knowledge of the legal proceedings and stipulations imposed by law. This is why, during the initial consultation, we strongly recommend clients to provide all the details that they know concerning their case.
All lawyers who provide their legal services in the UK have the legal right of representing clients in this country, as they have completed tertiary studies. However, after graduating, they can enter various associations that are created to establish a set of rules within the particular legal branch in which the lawyers work.
No win no fee solicitors in Manchester can offer multiple types of legal services, as presented above, and they are specialized in the respective legal fields. Thus, the accreditation no win no fee solicitors in Manchester have will vary based on the services they can provide (personal injuries, medical negligence and so on).
For example, a lawyer in Manchester who is specialized in personal injury claims can obtain his or her accreditation from the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers, after proving the capabilities in this area of expertise. Typically, a person who was accredited by this organization will have at least 5 to 15 years of handling personal injuries claims.
An accredited lawyer will abide by a code of conduct that was set up by the organization and will respect the consumer charter, with the purpose of providing the best services to his or her client. Other no win no fee solicitors in Manchester are accredited by other legal organizations.
However, as a general rule, in the UK, this profession is highly regulated so you can rest assured that the person who will represent you in front of the local courts has the necessary legal knowledge and expertise. For more information on the no win no fee regulations, please address our Manchester solicitors.
Our lawyers provide no win no fee services in certain legal situations, and you can call us if you need to know more about the fee exemptions and the fee system that we apply at our law firm. If you want to immigrate here, please contact our immigration lawyers in Manchester, who can present you the fee system that is imposed by the British institutions to most of the foreign applicants.
We invite you to contact us to learn more on how this system works, as well as on the time limits that can be applied to make a claim.