Clinical Negligence and Personal Injury

Conditional Fee Agreement (No Win No Fee)

We are able to offer a Conditional Fee Agreement (CFA) to clients in suitable cases.  These are complicated arrangements which we will discuss with you in detail if appropriate.  In essence, a CFA means that:

• If you lose your case, you do not have to pay our fees but (depending on the insurance arrangements that are put in place) you may have to pay the disbursements of your claim (for example expert and court fees) and your opponent's costs and disbursements.
• If you win your claim, you are liable to pay our fees plus an uplift (called a success fees) and the disbursements of your claim.  The success fee is to compensate us for the risk that we will not get paid for the work that we do unless we win and because we will not get paid for that work until the end of your claim.

If your case is successful, we will claim our fees (including the success fee) and your disbursement costs (including any insurance premium) from your opponent.  This will be in addition to the damages you recover.

If your case is unsuccessful, you are potentially liable to pay your own disbursements (but not our fees as these are covered by the CFA) and your opponents costs and disbursements.  Various insurance options are available that can be put in place to protect you against this eventuality, which we will discuss with you at the appropriate time.