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21st June 2009
Unless you have been living in a sound-proof chamber in the depths of the Pacific Ocean, you will be aware of the ‘no win no fee claims’ ads which currently crowd our airwaves.
However, while the term ‘no win no fee’ is now commonly recognised... Read >
Author: Jessica Parker28th April 2009
It was noted that clinical negligance claims earnt British law firms £90m in legal fees in 2008. As a result, this has put both top clinical negligance lawyers and the NHS under fire, with blunders and compensation claims costing the tax-funded health se... Read >
Author: pmcindoe27th March 2009
Personal injuries can result due to various reasons. They may occur due to road traffic accidents, at workplace, due to burns, slip, trip or fall and so on. If you or anyone known to you has been in such a situation, you can make a claim. To make a succes... Read >
Author: Sadhana27th March 2009
If you have suffered an injury due to the negligence of someone and wish to make a claim, you must seek help from accident claims solicitors. They can help get compensation fast. The accident claims solicitors have abundant experience in handling claims c... Read >
Author: Sadhana12th February 2009
If an accident has occurred due to the negligence of the employer or inadequate safety measures at the workplace, a worker can seek compensation for the same. One must be able to prove that the injury has resulted due to the negligence of the employer or ... Read >
Author: Sadhana03rd February 2009
Making a claim may not be that easy task. Many people hesitate to take any action as they are worried about the lengthy formalities and complexities. With appropriate guidance, one can easily get compensation. How to make no win no fee claim? is the quest... Read >
Author: Sadhana02nd October 2008
If someone inflicts physical injury or mental suffering to someone else through actions or carelessness, this is called personal injury. People can suffer personal injury through medical negligence, car accidents, defamation of character and so forth. If... Read >
Author: Carolyn Clayton02nd October 2008
Why is it that more than 2.5 million people in the UK have accidents each year, and very few claim compensation for their injuries?
Seeking compensation for pain and suffering is your civil and legal right and you would be daft to not claim. Why shoul... Read >
Author: Carolyn Clayton09th September 2008
The term no win no fee is often used although it is seldom understood. No win no fee is an agreement that is set out by a personal injury lawyer where he agrees to work for you for no fee. Once you sign a no win no fee agreement or conditional fee agreeme... Read >
Author: Helen09th September 2008
No win no fee is also known as conditional fee agreements. They were introduced when Legal aid was still available for personal injury claims. It was done primarily with the purpose of helping people with incomes above legal aid eligibility limit, to fund... Read >
Author: Sadhana03rd September 2008
The term no win no fee is often used although it is seldom understood. No win no fee is an agreement that is set out by a personal injury lawyer where he agrees to work for you for no fee.
Once you sign a no win no fee agreement or a conditional fee ... Read >
Author: Helen02nd September 2008
Although compensation claims have been the object of many if not all courts of law from the early 1950s, in our more recent times people now look for what are called no win no fee compensation claims. These claims are actually conditional fee agreements s... Read >
Author: Lindsay Nolan20th August 2008
Britain is often described as having a ‘compensation culture’, but reports show that this is not the case.
While the emergence in Britain of a so-called ‘compensation culture’ is routinely decried in the media, the facts do not always appear to... Read >
Author: Corinne Mansfield17th August 2008
The reputation of ‘no win, no fee’ cases has been tainted in the last few years due to a number of high profile cases.
It is argued that this concept effectively replaced legal aid for routine accident claims in 2000, with a ‘misleading’ tag-l... Read >
Author: Christian Ward16th August 2008
Conditional Fee Agreements have been in place since 1995 but when they were first introduced they only covered a limited number of cases until it was extended in 1998 to cover all civil cases, with the exception of family proceeding.
The introduction o... Read >
Author: Christian Ward25th July 2008
The recent controversy about Cherie Blair using a no win no fee firm for her libel case in the courts has highlighted what is perceived as the latest abuse of the system which was created to provide access to justice ten years ago. This article aims to... Read >
Author: Saurav Dutt25th July 2008
With constant criticisms of the no-win-no-fee system prevalent in almost every news story associated with the scheme, this article aims to underline and explain the essential features and benefits that were originally aimed to help people gain easier acce... Read >
Author: Saurav Dutt24th July 2008
No-win-no fee arrangements were originally created to provide transparency and easier access for justice for claimants. Its primary aim was to play a central role in ensuring this access for genuine claims. For many consumers, it is the main way to righ... Read >
Author: Saurav Dutt03rd July 2008
Millionaire footballer Ashley Cole is the latest wealthy celebrity to take advantage of the “access to justice” no-win, no-fee media-law regime to sue news organisations. He is suing the publishers of tabloid newspapers The Sun and The Daily Mirror ov... Read >
Author: Sofia Abasolo17th June 2008
In the past ten years the advertising of No Win No Fee claims by insurance companies featuring mundane accidents has become unavoidable. Everyday minor injuries such as whiplash, slipping or falling are constantly on our television sets.
The message t... Read >
Author: Sofia Abasolo13th June 2008
It has been ten years now since no win no fee rules were extended and applied to the majority of civil court cases. Many feel that this has changed the face of personal injury law and certainly altered the publics’ perception of personal injury lawyers.... Read >
Author: Carys Robshaw06th June 2008
We have approached the ten year anniversary of Conditional fee agreements (CFAs), or no-win no-fee deals-and the advent of media has helped many solicitors to proudly advocate their services. The consensus behind the idea ten years ago was that it would p... Read >
Author: Saurav Dutt05th June 2008
In the past ten years the advertising of personal injury solicitors by insurance companies featuring mundane accidents has become unavoidable. Everyday minor injuries such as whiplash, slipping or falling are constantly on our television sets.
The mes... Read >
Author: Sofia Abasolo04th June 2008
Many newspapers have complained recently of the unfairness of being ‘held to ransom’ by lawyers acting on a no win no fee basis in libel cases.
Tony Jaffa, a media lawyer, says that in most cases, regional newspapers cannot defend themselves becau... Read >
Author: Carys Robshaw21st May 2008
A no win no fee claim, officially known as a conditional fee agreement offers an alternative way to fund litigation and can be used in almost all commercial claims. No win no fee claims or conditional fee agreements have been in place since 1995, however ... Read >
Author: Carolyn Clayton20th May 2008
The reputation of ‘no win, no fee’ cases has been tainted in the last few years due to a number of high profile cases.
It is argued that this concept effectively replaced legal aid for routine accident claims in 2000, with a ‘misleading’... Read >
Author: Phil 18th April 2008
It has been estimated that over 2.5 million people suffer as the result of a personal injury accidents every year; however recent figures suggest that only 31% of these people actually claim for compensation.
Putting in a claim for compensation is a c... Read >
Author: Helen11th April 2008
Conditional Fee Agreements have been in place since 1995 but when they were first introduced they only covered a limited number of cases until it was extended in 1998 to cover all civil cases, with the exception of family proceeding.
The introduction o... Read >
Author: Helen19th March 2008
Since the end of the advertising ban, most solicitors have had to tout for business, just like accountants or plumbers or taxi drivers. Then legal aid was withdrawn for most injury cases, but the government promised conditional fee agreements (CFAs) woul... Read >
Author: Hope24th July 2007
With road traffic accident claims there is always a dispute about who is to blame. To ensure that you win your road traffic accident claim it is very important you can prove that the accident was not your own fault. This can only be calculated on how muc... Read >
Author: Carolyn Clayton05th July 2007
Making a compensation claim on a no win, no fee basis has never been easier, with many firms now able to offer you the chance to keep every penny of the payment you are awarded. Conditional Fee Agreements were made widely available in 1998, and enabled pe... Read >
Author: Carolyn Clayton23rd November 2006
No win no fee or “Conditional fee agreements” were first introduced in 1995 when Legal aid was still available for personal injury claims. It was introduced to give people with incomes above legal aid eligibility limits the chance to fund personal in... Read >
Author: Carolyn Clayton13th November 2006
By Carolyn Clayton
More than 2.5 million people in the UK have accidents each year, and very few claim compensation for their injuries. Seeking compensation for pain and suffering is a civil and legal right. The type of accident could be work related... Read >
Author: Carolyn Clayton
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