What are conditional fees?
Solicitors are now allowed to act for clients on a conditional or ‘no win, no fee’ basis in personal injury cases. This means that if you win the case, you pay them their normal costs plus a ‘success fee’; if you lose the case, you pay nothing. The success fee varies; at most it can be double the amount of normal costs, but cannot be based upon the solicitor taking a percentage of the compensation. Remember that if you lose, you may still have to pay the other side’s fees if you are not within the small claims limit.
