Litigation is always in our experience an unwelcome guest into any person's life.
Whatever the cause of the need for litigation it is essential that your legal adviser fully protects your interests at all times. All too often a failure to appreciate the seriousness of the circumstances may lead to an adverse decision against a person which could have ben avoided if the correct legal advice had been sought and obtained at an early stage.
Litigation may be expensive. Even a winner in court often finds that recovery of the costs involved is often difficult.
Our policy is to minimise the damage to our client's life which is caused by litigation. If you have been wronged and need to litigate to recover losses or pursue a claim for damages it is important to know the full range of options available to you including legal costs insurance and either conditional fee or contingency fee options in appropriate cases. If we are unable to offer a certain facility.. eg legal aid.. we can confidently point you in the right direction.
If we do act for you on a private fee paying basis we may need to ask you for a substantial sum of money on account when providing you with an initial estimate of what we anticipate the legal costs may be depending on the complexity of the claim and any other relevant issues. Often we have to instruct to a specialist barrister to advise on the merits of your case. Unless we are acting for you on a conditional fee agreeement and the barrister as agreed to act on the same basis we will be personally liable to settle the barrister's fees whether or not we receive payment form you as the client. Hence we have to take money on account to cover these costs in full in addition to any monies requested on account of our own costs.
Our aim is to look at all options to bring the litigation to an end as quickly as possible for your benefit and thereby limit your exposure to costs. Of course this is not always easy to do as many clients very firmly believe in the the principles and merits of their case. However we do encourage our clients to think of mediation as an opportunity to resolve disputes early and limit exposure to costs in appropriate cases.
Whatever your circumstances .. compliance with time limits is absolutely essential to the rapid and successful conclusion of your case. So if you are involved in litigation we urge you to treat it extremely seriously and make it your top priority to provide all the essential information to give your case the strongest chance of success within the shortest possible time.
For an initial no obligation half hour meeting for a fixed fee of £100 plus VAT to discuss the merits of your case by all means call either Angela Robbins or Tony Wilson
