Injury Claim Service
We often get asked a set of common questions about injury claim services, we have provided this page to answer your questions.
How much does it cost to make an injury claim?
-Our partners never charge their customers for any part of the injury claim service. Subject to certain criteria they will be able to bring a claim on your behalf at no cost AND they can provide you with an after the event insurance policy (where applicable) at no initial cost to you.
How can Evolution provide the service for no cost, when other Accident Management Companies charge their customers up to 30% of the compensation award?
- Generally speaking, all the costs of a winning party (i.e. you) should all be recoverable from the losing party, so there is no need to charge a customer for any part of the injury claim service. However, many unscrupulous companies seek to charge a successful claimant a percentage of their injury compensation award. This is THEFT! We strongly advise any customer who is approached with this type of agreement, to report the company involved to the FSA or Claims Standards Council.
How does a true ‘No Win No Fee’ agreement work?
-The Access to Justice Act 1999 established that a successful claimant should not have to contribute to the costs of a winning injury compensation claim, yet the same claimant needs to have legal representation from a solicitor. A solution had to be found and that solution is No Win No Fee.
- Professionally known as a Conditional Fee Agreement or CFA, it is an arrangement whereby a solicitor agrees to act for a claimant on a ‘no costs up front’ basis, for the period of the injury claim. Thus the claimant does not have to pay for legal services in advance and is therefore not discouraged by the prospect of legal costs, they have achieved ‘Access to Justice’.
- In agreeing to fund the costs of the case, the solicitor is taking a risk that the claim for injury compensation will be successful. As a reward for taking that risk, the solicitor is entitled to a ‘success fee’ should they be able to bring a winning claim for the claimant. However, this success fee should not be charged to the claimant, but to the losing party.
- If a claim is successful, the claimant receives 100% of their compensation, the solicitor recovers the costs along with a success fee. But what if the claim fails? What if after 2 years of arguing and independent witness comes forward that materially affects the circumstances of the accident? This nightmare scenario does happen.
- To protect the customer from a losing claim, your Solicitor will recommend that the customer takes out a policy of insurance known as ‘After The Event’ insurance or obtain indemnity from an existing legal expenses policy. Legal Expenses Insurance effectively protects the customer against the legal costs incurred, should a claim fail. Thus the customer has truly received a ‘No Win No Fee’ service.
- If the claim is successful, there are no costs to pay or deductions from a compensation award. If the claim is unsuccessful, the legal expenses insurance policy makes payment.
Are Evolution Legal Service Regulated by anybody?
Evolution Legal Service are regulated by both the FSA and the Claims Standards Council, ensuring that every process we undertake on behalf of our commercial customers and individual members is carried out to the highest possible standard.
This website is dedicated to offering information on personal injury claims, trips at work, claims for personal injury, personal injury companies and much much. If there is an aspect of personal injury compensation you would like to discuss, please feel free to fill out our injury compensation form and our partners will be in contact as soon as possible.
