Questions To Ask Your Attorney When Making An Accident Claim
October 29th, 2009
Selecting the right law firm or personal injury lawyer to represent you as the injured party in an accident claim is one of the most fundamental aspects that can determine the outcome of your case. In order to gauge the value of the particular law firm that you are looking to sign a contract with you need to ask them some very important questions.
The first of these questions has to do with the kind of contract and will be setting with you. For residents of the UK it is important to be educated about the introduction of the no win no fee system which has been introduced as a replacement of the conditional fee agreement that was in place up until 1998.
The primary concern of the injured party is whether or not they will have to incur any costs. If you sign the above-mentioned contract then you will not be liable to any costs whatsoever regardless of the outcome of the case. The other point of concern for the injured party is whether or not they will be entitled to receive the full compensation amount without any deductions or hidden costs. Again this is one of the fundamental features of the no win no fee system. That is, the injured party gets to receive 100% compensation without any deductions.
The name of the contract seems to imply that the injured party has to pay the solicitors costs in cases where the solicitor successfully manages to secure the compensation. However the solicitors costs will be acquired from the other party’s insurer and you will not have to pay anything out of your own pocket even after the case has been settled in your favor.