No Win No Fee – How It Works
No-win no-fee can be used for any civil proceedings claiming damages for unlawful bailiff enforcement.
It cannot be used for criminal defence representation, making third party claims, stopping High Court Enforcement actions in the High Court, or personal injury claims.
The Deal
We assign you a solicitor and we pay all the solicitor's fees for you.
You only pay the court fees or reclaim them using a form EX160a.
If your claim is successful, we recover the solicitor's fees from the other side. You pay us a success fee of 50% of the damages you are awarded.
If your claim is unsuccessful, you owe us nothing.
How to Get Started
Set up a telephone consultation to discuss your case and discover what redress you are entitled to and how it will be processed through the courts.
We then propose your claim to an insurance company. A solicitor examines your grounds and approves it for the scheme.
If your grounds are not strong enough, you will be told the reasons, or we can strengthen them for you. Otherwise, you will still have the option of a fixed-fee managed case. These are typically £150 for drafting your claim and £500 for a solicitor to represent you. You will have to pay this in advance.
When your claim is approved, we pay a fee to the insurer who pays your legal fees. You only pay the statutory court fees. See Court Form EX50.
If you win your case, you pay 50% of the sum you are awarded or negotiated. You keep everything else. You will owe no solicitor's fees.
Contract
A contract exists between you and the solicitor.
We select the solicitor, and the solicitor selects any barrister or Counsel.
A separate contract exists between you and Dealing with Bailiffs. We agree to pay your solicitor's fees and you agree to pay us 50% of the sum awarded.
There is no contract between you and the insurance company.
If your claim is unsuccessful, you may have to pay the legal fees of the other party (not if the claim is under £10,000), but you will still owe nothing for your own solicitor we assign to your claim.