Legal Aid has been discontinued as the main source of funding personal injury claims since 2000. This was largely because of a variety of difficulties encountered during the preceding decade.

Perhaps most importantly, Legal Aid was awarded only if the claimant could satisfy a range of criteria largely based on their personal wealth and income.
Even if the personal injury claimant did satisfy these criteria, the costs involved in the claim were often much higher.

Another problem was the amount of money it cost the Government to maintain the system. It is estimated that over more than £650 million was required to fund legal aid negligence cases over a period of just over 6 years.

As a result, many personal injury solicitors resorted to private claims, turning their back on legal aid cases and resulting in a vast amount of personal injury cases being left untouched.

With the advent of the ‘no win, no fee’ personal injury compensation agreement, everybody now has the opportunity to redress wrongs caused by negligence – at minimal cost to the Government.

Solicitors now offer their services to cover almost any form of personal injury claim that was caused by people other than the claimant. This can involve a variety of cases, such as car accidents or injuries at work or outside.