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When no win, no fee compensation is finally paid out it is usually only after a thoroughly investigated and often highly contested litigious inquiry into circumstances that have left someone in need of financial reimbursement as a result of another party's negligence.
Award of such compensation is never taken lightly and in many cases appeals are made, by either party, to question the validity of an initial ruling.
Appeal courts are situated in the Royal Courts of Justice, at the Strand in London. Appeal judges are concerned with upholding the rule of law and in certain cases they may overturn or reverse an original ruling as made by a county court judge.
An appeal ruling in practice
In 2004 a man, who was jogging in a Leeds park, was felled by a Great Dane which had been let off the lead by its owner. The jogger suffered significant injuries to his ankle and was later awarded £15,000 in no win no fee compensation by Pontefract County Court. The judge ruled that the dog's owner had been negligent in letting the dog run off the lead.
He concluded that the dog could be "intimidating" because of its size and that the owner should have foreseen the associated risks of letting him run loose.
However, at the Court of Appeal, the owner's lawyer argued that that ruling was "plainly wrong".
He said, "The result of [the county court judge's] findings would appear to lead to the conclusion that it is negligent to let a dog which a person might find intimidating off the lead, however safe that dog actually is.
"Most human activity bears some risk, but was it reasonably foreseeable by [my client] that his dog might cause any damage? This was a very responsible dog owner. He is an RSPCA man and was well aware of his responsibilities.
"He imposed a higher standard of care on himself than a reasonable dog owner would. [The Great Dane] was a well behaved dog; he didn't run into people. He had never caused any harm to anybody ever before and it was not reasonably foreseeable that he would cause harm on this occasion.
"There was nothing inherently negligent in letting [the dog] off the lead in a quiet park."
After the two hour hearing, the three Lord Justices allowed the appeal, thus effectively denying the jogger his compensation.
YouClaim and no win no fee compensation
If you have been injured as a result of an incident in which another party was either wholly or partly responsible, we have a panel of specialist personal injury solicitors who can pursue the legal action on your behalf on a no win no fee basis. This means that whatever the outcome of your claim you will not be charged for their services.
All our solicitors have years of experience and are governed by the exacting standards demanded by the Solicitors Regulation Authority. What's more, in a won case you will receive 100 percent compensation, we never take a penny.
You can speak to one of our friendly and knowledgeable advisors by calling our free UK helpline on 0800 10 757 95 or we can always call you back at a time to suit you.
Alternatively, you may wish to fill in our online claim form giving us brief details of your personal injury claim. Whichever way you choose to get in touch with us we endeavour to give you the best no win no fee compensation service possible.
