Critics of no win, no fee arrangements say they have led to a huge increase in claims being brought in the expectation that the prohibitive cost will coerce defendants into settling. Supporters reply that without no win, no fee arrangements, many wouldn’t be able to afford representation
Stephen Levinson
Publication date:
24 July 2008
The government is to investigate no win, no fee litigation agreements. Bridget Prentice, minister for justice, announced plans to review claims brought on this basis because of concerns they “may not always operate in the interests of access to justice.”
Critics of no win, no fee arrangements say they have led to a huge increase in claims being brought, many of them unscrupulously, in the expectation that the prohibitive cost of defending them will coerce defendants into settling. The
CBI has been vociferous about the affect the practice has had on employment claims.
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