Funding Options for Legal Services — SQE1 FLK1 Legal Services

A solicitor puts an injured client on a no win, no fee deal, and two months later she finds her motor policy would have paid for everything.
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In this episode:
• Ask about existing insurance before recommending anything else
• Success fee capped at base costs, and at damages in injury claims
• Damages-based agreements pay the solicitor only from damages
• Three tiers of criminal legal aid, and three tests for civil
• The statutory charge takes back what legal aid spent
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