How much will it cost - personal injury claims lawyers
As a general rule, the loser pays the winner’s legal costs in a personal injury action. When we first meet we will explain all of the funding options available to you. These may include:
Legal expenses insurance
You may well have legal expenses insurance attached to your motor, household or travel insurance policy. We will need to check your insurance documents in any event. You may have legal coverage from your trade union or membership organisation. You will need to check this.
Conditional Fee Agreement
If you do not have legal expenses insurance, we may be able to advise you under a Conditional Fee Agreement (CFA). Under a CFA, we charge you nothing if your claim fails but charge a success fee (which we recover from your opponent - not out of your damages) if your claim succeeds. We will also arrange insurance for you to cover your liabilities in the event of an unsuccessful claim. This insurance cover is usually at no expense to you.
Contingency Fee Agreements
As solicitors we are generally prohibited from working on your behalf by agreeing to take a percentage of your damages. Anyone who offers to do this in a civil claim, is unlikely to be a qualified solicitor. There are limited exceptions that may be appropriate where legal costs are not recoverable - e.g. criminal injuries compensation claims, which you may prefer as an option.
Private funding
If you prefer, we can discuss with you acting on your behalf on a private funding basis.
Damages recoverable
We will advise you on all of the heads of damages recoverable including:
- Pain, suffering and loss of amenity
- Loss of earnings, overtime, bonuses, fringe benefits and promotion prospects
- Past and future private medical treatment
- Care and equipment
- Housing
- Periodical payments
- Provisional damages
