What Percentage Do Solicitors Take For No Win No Fee?

By Danielle Newton. Last Updated 3rd November 2023. In this guide, we aim to answer the question ‘what percentage do solicitors take for No Win No Fee?’. In this article, we will look at how No Win No Fee agreements work and explain how they could affect how you fund your solicitors work.

If you’ve been harmed in an accident caused by someone else’s negligence, you could be thinking about making a personal injury claim. However, you could be worried about the financial implications of hiring a solicitor.

What percentage do solicitors take for No Win No Fee?

How much do No Win No Fee lawyers take?

Read on to find out more about No Win No Fee agreements, how they could benefit you and how much No Win No Fee lawyers take from such agreements. If you would like to ask questions to an adviser about No Win No Fee agreements, then you can contact Public Interest Lawyers for free legal advice. Our advisers can give you guidance about making a claim. If you have strong grounds to claim, they may also be able to connect you with an experienced solicitor from our panel for additional support.

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  1. What Percentage Can Solicitors Take?
  2. What Are No Win No Fee Claims?
  3. What Claims Could A No Win No Fee Solicitor Help Me With?
  4. How To Find The Best No Win No Fee Solicitors For Your Case
  5. No Win No Fee Accident Claims – How Much Compensation Could I Receive?
  6. Contact Us To Find Out What Percentage Solicitors Could Take
  7. Helpful No Win No Fee Claims Resources

What Percentage Can Solicitors Take?

If you are looking to work with a No Win No Fee solicitor, you may be wondering ‘what percentage do solicitors take?’. In some cases, a solicitor could offer you a type of contract known as a Conditional Fee Agreement. This type of No Win No Fee arrangement means that if your personal injury claim has a successful outcome, you will pay a success fee. This is a percentage which is taken from your compensation. However, the fee they can take is capped at 25% as per the Conditional Fee Agreements Order 2013. In some cases, it may be possible for this percentage to be reduced.

Additionally, under the arrangement, you won’t be required to pay your solicitor for their services if your claim does not succeed. Nor will you need to pay for their work upfront or as your claim proceeds.

If you are still wondering how much do No Win No Fee lawyers take from claims, you can get in touch with an advisor. They can discuss No Win No Fee charges that may apply when working with a solicitor on this basis in more detail.

Do Public Interest Lawyers Always Charge a 25% Fee?

If your personal injury claim is successful, your solicitor, under the terms of a No Win No Fee, charges you a success fee. As previously stated, your solicitor can take a maximum of 25% of your compensation as a success fee if you are working with a solicitor under the terms of a Conditional Fee Agreement. However, your solicitor may charge you less than this.

This No Win No Fee percentage can be agreed upon at the beginning of your claim. You should discuss this success fee with your solicitor prior to entering the agreement to ensure clarity on both sides. To find out what Public Interest Lawyers could charge you, contact our team of advisors.

To learn more about No Win No Fee charges, please contact our advisory team for further information. They could also provide you with free advice for your potential personal injury claim.

What Are No Win No Fee Claims?

A No Win No Fee agreement is a way of funding the work of your solicitor. It means that you are under no obligation to pay the solicitor if you are not paid your compensation. You also don’t have to worry about any ongoing or upfront fees. This could be beneficial if you are already struggling financially. 

On the other hand, your solicitor will deduct a success fee if your claim does succeed. This fee is legally capped, meaning you will get to keep the majority of your compensation. 

It is important to note here that No Win No Fee is an umbrella term. This covers Damaged Based Agreement DBA and Conditional Fee Agreements CFA. Though there are some similarities, there are also some key differences. 

Damaged Based Agreements vs Conditional Fee Agreements

In a Conditional Fee Agreement CFA, your success fee is only deducted if your case is successful. The legal cap is set at 25% of your compensation payout amount. This excludes future losses and expenses. You get to keep this in its entirety. 

However, the Damages-Based Agreements Regulations 2013 which also has a legal cap, for instance, 25% for personal injury cases but up to 50% for others. 

The Conditional Fee Agreements Order 2013

In 2013, The Conditional Fee Agreements Order (CFAO) was written into legislation. This outlined how CFA’s should work for all solicitors. This was because there were common issues with solicitors overcharging for their work and leaving clients with little compensation left afterwards. This legislation changed it so a solicitor can never charge you more than 25% under a CFA. 

However, it is possible a solicitor may charge less than this. If you decide to hire one of the solicitors from our panel to help you with your claim, they could potentially offer you a No Win No Fee agreement with a 15% success fee. Want to know more? Get in touch now. 

What Claims Could A No Win No Fee Solicitor Help Me With? 

A No Win No Fee solicitor from our panel could help you make a number of different claims. These include:

  • Personal injury claims: You may have suffered an injury in an accident at work, while using the roads, or in a public place. In any of these situations, you will need to prove that a third party owed you a duty of care, and that when they breached this, you suffered an injury. To learn more about when you could be owed a duty of care, contact our team.
  • Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA) claims: The CICA awards compensation to those who have been physically or mentally injured due to being the victim of a crime of violence. In order to make a claim through the CICA, the incident must have been reported to the police, and the crime itself must have occurred in England, Scotland, Wales, or another relevant location.
  • Medical negligence claims. When a doctor or hospital agrees to provide medical services to you, they automatically owe you a duty of care. This means that they must provide you with the correct standard of care. Should you suffer unnecessary or avoidable harm because of a breach of this duty, you could have a valid claim for medical negligence compensation. 

Our team of advisors are here to help. If you’d like to learn more about working with a solicitor on your claim, contact us today. Or, read on to learn more about making a No Win No Fee compensation claim.

Time Limits For Claims With A No Win No Fee Solicitor

According to the Limitation Act 1980, you must start your personal injury claim within three years. This time limit begins on the date of the accident that caused injuries.

However, some exceptions apply to this time limit. For example, the time limit is paused for claimants under the age of 18. From their 18th birthday, they will have three years to start a claim. Prior to this date, a court-appointed litigation friend could make a claim on their behalf.

The time limit is frozen indefinitely for those who lack the mental capacity to claim for themselves. During this time, a litigation friend could make a claim on their behalf. However, if they recover the mental capacity to make a claim, they will have three years to start a claim if one has not already been made.

If you would like more information about working with a solicitor on the basis of No Win No Fee or the claims time limit, contact our team today. They can determine if you could be eligible to work with a No Win No Fee solicitor from our panel.

How To Find The Best No Win No Fee Solicitors For Your Case

As there are a number of solicitors and firms advertising services, it can be difficult for a first time claimant to make a decision on a firm to work with, or understand who the best No Win No Fee solicitors are to make a claim with. Solicitor review sites can be helpful in making this decision.

The reviews can detail how helpful the solicitors were in guiding them through the process, and what level of involvement they offered. It can show you the experience of the solicitors, which can be most helpful factor in making a decision, and even give you insight into other questions you may have such as the No Win No Fee percentage your solicitor might take in your claim.

We invite you to use review sites to find the best No Win No Fee solicitor for your claim. If not, we recommend you speak to an advisers to learn more about our solicitors and the comprehensive help we offer in claims.

No Win No Fee Accident Claims – How Much Compensation Could I Receive?

A successful personal injury claim will result in general damages. This is one of two heads of compensation you can pursue, and it covers the pain and suffering caused by your injuries, as well as the way they have affected your life. 

When legal professionals calculate how much you could receive in general damages, they may refer to the Judicial College Guidelines (JCG). This is a document that provides guideline compensation brackets for different injuries and illnesses of varying severities. The table below illustrates some of these brackets, but please note that these are not guaranteed amounts.

Injury Severity Amount Notes
Leg Injuries – Amputations Below-knee amputation of both legs £201,490 to £270,100 You could claim here for legs that have both been amputated below the knee. The award considers the level of amputation, phantom pains, psychological problems, prosthetics and side effects.
Kidney (a) £169,400 to £210,400 You could claim here for serious damage to or loss of both kidneys.
Foot (a) £169,400 to £201,490 You could claim here for the amputation of both feet.
Back Severe (i) £91,090 to £160,980 You could claim here for damage to the spinal cord and nerve roots that has caused very serious consequences such as severe pain and disability along with incomplete paralysis and significant impairments to the bladder, bowels or sexual functioning.
Neck Severe (i) In the region of £148,330 You could claim here for incomplete paraplegia caused by a neck injury.
Deafness/Tinnitus (a) £109,650 to £140,660 You could claim here for total deafness and a related loss of speech.
Toe (a) £36,520 to £56,080 You could claim here for the traumatic or surgical amputation of all toes.
Jaw (i) £30,490 to £45,540 You could claim here for severe and multiple fractures that result in a need for prolonged treatment. There may be permanent consequences, such as pain, eating restrictions and arthritis of the joints.
Achilles Tendon Serious £24,990 to £30,090 You could claim here when a complete division of the tendon has successfully been repaired but left a weakness and limitation of ankle movements where further improvement may be unlikely.

The second head of compensation that you could pursue is special damages. This addresses the way your injuries have affected you financially. For example, under special damages, you could potentially claim back the cost of:

  • Childcare
  • Lost earnings
  • Housekeeping
  • Prescriptions 
  • Mobility aids
  • Home adjustments 

These are just a few examples of what you could claim for under special damages, but it’s important to note that you need to prove your losses in order to claim for them. To learn more about compensation in personal injury claims, contact our advisors. Or, read on to learn about claiming on the basis of No Win No Fee and the charges that could be involved.

Contact Us To Find Out What Percentage Solicitors Could Take

After reading this article, we hope that you may feel you understand No Win No Fee agreements more and the percentages that solicitors take. If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact our team at any time. Our advisors are available 24/7 to help you with any queries you may have. 

For free advice or to start a No Win No Fee claim today, get in touch today. They can help answer questions you may have such as any regarding how much do No Win No Fee lawyers take. You could also be connected with a lawyer from our panel who can help you start your claim. 

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Helpful No Win No Fee Claims Resources

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