No Win, No Fee.

We take on many personal injury, industrial disease and negligence claims on a no win, no fee basis. The agreement we use is called a Conditional Fee Agreement, or CFA. It means we take the financial risk of your claim, not you.

When no win, no fee applies

No win, no fee is for claims where you have been harmed and someone else is responsible, so the compensation, and most of the costs, can be recovered from the party at fault or their insurer. We use it for claims such as:

• Industrial disease and workplace illness, for example asbestos and mesothelioma, occupational hearing loss, vibration white finger, and occupational lung or skin disease
• Personal injury and medical negligence
• Injury or illness caused by negligence, including some claims against the Ministry of Defence

It does not apply to claims made under a government compensation scheme, such as the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme (AFCS), which is funded in a different way. We can still help with those, we will explain how the costs work when we speak.

How no win, no fee works

• If you win: the losing side pays most of our legal costs. We charge a “success fee” on top, which reflects the risk we took in running your claim. By law, this success fee is capped at 25% of your general damages, excluding any compensation for future loss. The rest of your compensation is yours.
• If you lose: you pay nothing for our time. We absorb the cost of the work we have done.
• Disbursements (such as medical reports and court fees): if you win, these are usually paid by the losing side; if you lose, your After-the-Event insurance covers them. Either way, nothing comes from you.

After-the-Event insurance

When we take on your case, we arrange After-the-Event (ATE) insurance for you. This protects you from having to pay the other side’s legal costs if your claim is unsuccessful. The premium is only payable if you win — and even then, it is paid from your compensation, not from your own pocket.

We assess your claim first

Before you sign anything, we review your claim at no cost to you and tell you promptly whether we can take it on under a no win, no fee agreement. There is no charge for that assessment, whatever we decide.

The end result

Whether your claim succeeds or fails, the only money that ever leaves your own pocket is £0.

A worked example

Imagine a claim that settles for £150,000. Here is how the money would be divided:

Illustrative figures only. The success fee is capped at 25% of your general damages and varies case by case; it is agreed in writing at the outset. We discuss the likely figures with you before you sign the CFA, so there are no surprises.

If you are ever unhappy with our service, our client care and complaints page explains how to raise it.