No Win No Fee CFA

Richie7

Hi all,

I'm currently in the process of making a negligence claim relating to the death of my father. Two solicitors have advised me that we have a good case and are willing to take it on on a no win no fee basis. This arrangement is suitable to us as we certainly couldn't afford to do so otherwise.

One solicitor wants us to sign a CFA immediately, the other wants to obtain medical evidence first and assess it, and then have us sign a CFA.

I'm just wondering if anyone with experience finds either way problematic? As in should it be done one way or not the other? I'm a bit confused on the discrepancy here.

Thanks for any advice,


Richard.

Marcon

Richie7 said:

Hi all,

I'm currently in the process of making a negligence claim relating to the death of my father. Two solicitors have advised me that we have a good case and are willing to take it on on a no win no fee basis. This arrangement is suitable to us as we certainly couldn't afford to do so otherwise.

One solicitor wants us to sign a CFA immediately, the other wants to obtain medical evidence first and assess it, and then have us sign a CFA.

I'm just wondering if anyone with experience finds either way problematic? As in should it be done one way or not the other? I'm a bit confused on the discrepancy here.

Thanks for any advice,


Richard.

This makes useful and up to date background reading on such agreements: https://www.astonknightsolicitors.co.uk/no-win-no-fee-explained/#:~:text=History%20of%20the%20Conditional%20Fee%20Agreement%20(No%20Win%20No%20Fee)&text=Generally%2C%20the%20loser%20pays%20the,your%20legal%20expenses%20as%20well.

Richie7 said:

One solicitor wants us to sign a CFA immediately, the other wants to obtain medical evidence first and assess it, and then have us sign a CFA.

Ask the 'other' solicitor concerned why they want to do it this way if they have already assessed it (?how?) as a case with a good prospect of success - and in particular ask who pays for the medical evidence. You may get a 'better' agreement the stronger they believe the case to be, so don't jump to the conclusion there is anything dodgy about their approach.

Keep_pedalling

If neither have seen any medical evidence I can’t see how they would be so sure you have a good case.