If you’ve been injured through no fault of your own and are looking to pursue a personal injury claim, lawyers preston should be willing to take your case as a ‘no win no fee’ case and will talk you through the steps that must be gone through to make sure everything is taken care of.

One of the first things they will do is go about collecting any relevant medical reports, witness statements and other evidence that they can use for your claim. It can take anything from six months to several years to assess whether an insurer will pay compensation, and if a court case is pursued then this could take longer. Fortunately most claims for personal injury in the UK are settled out of court, so getting your compensation is likely to take less time than it would in court which Preston lawyers will explain.

Obviously by entering a no win no fee agreement the solicitor is taking the risk of not receiving payment for any of the work done on the case. In recognition of the risk of receiving no fees a solicitor working under a conditional fee agreement is entitled to claim additional fees on successful claims by way of a success fee. The greater the risk of losing the claim the greater success fee may be claimed. For most Road Traffic Accident cases that do not result in a trial the success fee is set at 12.5%.