No Win No Fee

[piccadilly]

Hi I wish to contest my late stepmothers will, I've googled contesting a will and it comes up with some solicitors who do no win no fee, has anybody else done this, is this a wise route to pursue?

[EDDIE51]

You may use a 'No win No fee' solicitor but IF YOU DO WIN the fee is going to be huge! I would guess in the tens of thousands of £s , it is going to be a complex case.

[Peter Pedant]

Bingo - BA to Ubases if no Barmaid

//There is something called A Condition Against Public Policy, but I know nothing about it,// - covers "if a girl is married she doesnt get the moolah" as wills comes under equity - and it is against public policy to discourage marriage
BUT this isnt quite the case.... he doesnt get 100% of the moolah if he is unmarried -
and I cant find anything out about this - actually if you think about it it encourages marriage so may not be covered.....

[ Branwell Bronte said that Mrs Robinson now widowed could not marry him as there was a condition against marriage in the will (mr Robinson's will) - which was untrue even in 1848 but virtually no english lit commentator has spotted this as no one in lit knows the law of Equity and succession in 1847]

[alavahalf]

Last year I used a No Win No Fee solicitor... his normal fee was £240 per hour. At the outset he was very clear and advised me to pay for an insurance that would cap my charges should I not win the case. Were I to win, the other side would be paying the costs anyhow.
After more than 40 hours of work on his behalf (£10K+)
... his company re-assesed and decided they would not proceed any further.
The insurance covered any costs I may have incurred and that was the end of the matter. Do your research and dont assume that 'No win .. no fees' means that you wont end up with a massive bill if you dont win!

[Peter Pedant]

no win no fee
//for an insurance that would cap my charges should I not win the case. //

sort of no win get completely screwed over agreement ?