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 personal injury litigation. Initially, people who had
an income above the limit used to find it difficult to pay for a solicitor.
However, with the introduction of "no win no fee", things have changed. It has
made easy for most of the people to secure claim as they can easily fund their
civil cases. These claims have become very popular with people as it allows them
to get compensation for a personal injury quickly.
You can also avail the services of no win no fee solicitor for further advice on
these types of claims. Scores of people have benefited from their advice in the
past. These solicitors have an in depth experience in handling compensation
claim cases successfully. No win no fee solicitors have an in depth experience
in handling injury claims. You can consult them for expert advice. Many people
have benefited from their service in the past.
Often people are worried about paying a large amount of fees for the
compensation claim. However, with no win no fee, one need not pay any fees for
it. No matter whether you win or lose the case, you will not be required to pay
fees. If you have suffered an injury due the fault of the driver, then you can
seek suitable claim for it. Looking online will also help you get a claim fast.
No win no fee solicitor too can help you deal with the situation well.
Those who have met with an injury know it well how difficult it is to deal with
the situation. If you are insured against injuries, you are free form worries.
In case, you are not, then things may be very difficult for you. Seeking
compensation in such circumstances can seem like a tedious task. It is here that
no win no fee solicitor can help you. These solicitors will make sure that you
don't pay for the case. It is irrespective of the fact whether you win or lose
the case.
You can easily seek compensation for the personal injuries by opting for
personal injury compensation. You can seek advice on personal injuries form a
team of personal injury solicitors. Don't get confused with the multitude of
options available. These specialists have a proven track record of handling
personal injury claims. Many people have benefited form this service in the
past.
If you have suffered an accident or a personal injury that was not your fault,
you are entitled to make a compensation claim. You can also seek advice from no
win no fee solicitor. They can help you evaluate your compensation claim. They
will make the entire process of seeking claim easy for you.
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No Win No Fee Solicitors
Avoid "The Big Surprise"
By Diana Joseph
Patrick was driving home one night when a bus rammed into his car. The impact of
the collision led to serious physical injuries. Later, his friend advised him to
file a claim for compensation with the help of 'guaranteed solicitors' for your
claim.
Thanks to the solicitors, Patrick won the case. However, much to his surprise,
the court refused to award him the full amount marked as legal expenses, saying
the fee charged by the solicitor was exorbitant. To add to Patrick's troubles,
the supposedly solicitors sent him a hefty bill a few months later for other
services such as 'creating a risk assessment report.'
Who Are No Win No Fee Solicitors?
No win no fee solicitors are solicitors who agree to represent you in an injury
claim but are paid only if they win the case for you.
Nowadays, most personal injury claim solicitors in the UK advertise themselves
as no win no fee solicitors. While filing a claim with the help of solicitors is
still the best way to handle a personal injury case, pay attention to these tips
for dealing with them:
Tip 1: Read the Agreement
Read the fine details of your agreement with the solicitor. With no win no fee
solicitors, as the name implies, you don't pay anything because they are paid by
your opponent's insurance company, not you. But this does not mean that you
don't stand the chance to lose something in the process. As in the case of
Patrick's story above, the fees charged by the them were decided by the judge to
be too high.
Also, check if your contract provides for 100 percent compensation for your
injuries. For example, if the cost of your personal injury is around 1,000
pounds, you should be paid the full amount without reduction. The solicitor's
fee is an additional amount that your opponent's insurance company should pay on
top of the injury claim.
Tip 2: Check on What Happens If You Lose!
In principle, you don't pay anything when you lose a case filed by the
solicitors. The reality can be quite different. Most no win no fee solicitors
only like to talk about what happens when you win. But consider the fact that if
you lose the claim, it's possible that you may have to pay the legal fees of
your opponent, and maybe even the court's fees!
A way out is taking an insurance policy on your claim, which reimburses you even
if you lose. But read and re-read the policy document! A hefty premium will
leave a big hole in your pocket. See if you can get a smaller premium that still
covers you.
Tip 3: Double-check the Expertise
Often, when you think you are talking to solicitors, you are probably talking to
a claims adjuster with little or no experience in filing claims. Get the right
solicitor to file your claim. Experience and expertise are the two important
factors that make the difference between winning and losing.
Diana Joseph is an expert in accident claims issues. Please visit her site -
injury-claims-no-win-no-fee.co.uk to know more about filing successful personal
injury claims and accident claim process.
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Big is not necessarily better
Courtesy: Marcel Berlins, The Guardian ...
It is not often that prison officers are in total agreement with the
probation, prison reform and civil liberties lobbies about the best
way of dealing with criminals. But there they were, among the 34
signatories to last week's passionate letter to the Guardian, which
included just about every organisation with expertise of the prison
system. They agreed on one important issue. The government's plan to
build three large "Titan" prisons - each catering for some 2,500
prisoners - will just not work.
Jack Straw's hasty decision to proceed with the Titans followed the
recommendation of Lord Carter, whose inquiry into the future of the
prison system was widely criticised for being superficial, and based
on insufficient evidence. The virtually unanimous condemnation of the
plan comes in two parts. There is no need for more prison places,
because already too many convicted criminals are being sent to prison
- a proposition that has been put to the government again and again
and has the support of almost every knowledgeable organisation. There
is no dispute that long terms of imprisonment are justified for
violent and sexual offenders, but prisons are full of inmates who are
neither, who have not committed the worst kind of crimes, and who are
often suffering from mental conditions that prison exacerbates.
But even if the government's argument is accepted that more prisons
may be required, Titans are emphatically not the answer. Large is
inefficient and potentially dangerous, experience in other countries
shows. If new prisons are to be built, they should be relatively small
and localised.
Coincidentally, last week also saw publication of a report by
Professor Rod Morgan, former chairman of the Youth Justice Board and
one of the country's most respected criminologists, pointing to the
twin drawbacks of the dramatic increase in the use of police cautions
as an alternative to sending low-level offenders to be tried in the
courts. The policy was well meant, aimed at dealing with petty
criminals as quickly and cheaply as possible. But the police have been
criticised for using the caution on the wrong people and
unnecessarily, to enable them more easily to meet their targets for
apprehending criminals.
Morgan points to two consequences of the overuse of cautions. First,
they are too often being dished out to deal with not just small-time
crime and criminals, but more serious offences, including assaults and
other violent and thuggish behaviour, which deserve to end up in
court. Secondly, minor offenders, especially youths, are being given
police cautions, which criminalises them, when their behaviour should
have been dealt with informally.
So, at one end of the sentencing and punishment spectrum, we're
imprisoning too many offenders who ought not to be there and should be
handled by non-custodial methods. At the other end, we're issuing
cautions to people who ought to be treated more severely in the courts
and to others who ought not to be brought into the criminal justice
system at all. What a mess.
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LEGAL NEWS continued...
New UK Sexual Harassment Law
Dips Under the Radar
By Sally Bolton
On 14 March 2008 the UK government introduced a new anti-sexual harassment
regulation which will come into force on 6 April 2008. No I have not made
a typing error, that is a whole 3 weeks from introduction to
implementation.
The new rules mean that every member of staff must be protected from
sexual harassment by ANYONE they meet carrying out their work duties. That
includes members of the public, suppliers, people they meet at seminars,
etc.
They managed to bring in the new regulation using a statutory instrument,
meaning there is no requirement for debate in Parliament. I am left
wondering where the democratic process has vanished to. Of course I
believe people should be free from sexual harassment in any walk of life
but surely we deserve notification and time to develop and implement a
plan of action seems only reasonable.
The price you, as an employer, could face for failure to protect from
sexual harassment is unlimited, there is no cap on the amount you can be
sued for.
I came across this snippet of information today when I was asked to write
to my MP demanding this regulation be delayed until employers can be
informed about the change and decided to have a search around to see what
I could find.
To give you an idea of how far under the radar this one has flown, as I
type there is nothing on the Business Link website and a google search
brings up only 3 websites with information (which are all Human Resources
websites and not related to government).
The UK website HRZone has quoted a spokesman for Harriet Harman who stated
that the timeframe was "perfectly normal", "it more than meets all the
requirements and has not been shortened".
I am left wondering where the requirement to inform employers of changes
in regulations has gone to?
All employers must look into this new regulation and should of course
write to their MP expressing their opinions and requesting that it's
introduction be postponed until October 2008.
Sally is proud to be a country bumpkin and is the owner of Country
Couples, a dating and friendship website for UK singles with a love of the
countryside. She invites you to visit her website at country-couples.co.uk
