No win no fee help / advice please.

xxdeebeexx

Hi I a just about to start a ‘no win no fee’ personal injury claim on behalf of my 12 yr old son. I presented his case to the AA and their solicitors thought that there was only a 50% chance of winning so would not take on the case. The AA would not give any more funding.(legal fees cover from home insurance)
I have since been to another solicitor who deals solely with personal injury claims and he works on a ‘no win no fee’ basis. He feels there is a greater than 65% chance of winning the case. I have just been sent loads of forms to read through and sign, but to be honest, it has frightened me. Costs have been listed that could escalate to thousands of pounds. The solicitor has been very patient with me and has explained that we will take out an insurance to cover the costs so, win or loose I will have nothing to pay.
I am finding it very hard to sign the papers just in case something goes wrong and I am left with a huge bill.

Any advice, hints comments about pitfalls etc would be really appreciated.

TIA

DX

thepedestrian

Bumping this as it is very close to what I am facing at the moment - The question is about 3 year old ,but never answered - the same outcomes are worrying me about could I be liable to a large bill if things went wrong ?

Crazy_Jamie

I am surprised that this question was not answered three years ago.

The short answer to the question is that there is little to worry about. The Conditional Fee Agreement itself can be a daunting document, but the wording of them is fairly standard. The bottom line is that there are a couple of ways that you can become personally liable for legal costs, but these tend to involve either not taking your solicitor's advice to the point where they withdraw, or being dishonest/fraudulent again to the point where your solicitor withdraws. The simple fact of the matter is that for a straightforward and honest client who takes the reasonable advice of their solicitor the chances of becoming personally liable following a CFA are virtually nil.