This page contains a copy of the Contingency Fee Agreement, a copy of which would be sent for you (the client) to sign and return upon application. It is a legally binding contract between you and Morris Legal (Solicitors) Ltd of Central Boulevard, Blythe Valley Business Park, Solihull, West Midlands B90 8AG.
Sample Agreement
- What is covered by this agreement: Your Employment Tribunal claim relating to your employment with
- What is not covered by this agreement:
- 2.1 Any counterclaim against you.
- 2.2 Any appeal you make or any appeal made by your opponent.
- 2.3 Any case which is subsequently listed by the Employment Tribunal for a hearing lasting more than one day.
- Paying Us
- 3.1 If you win the case you pay us 35% of your damages inc VAT plus any disbursements. Please see below the meaning for damages.
- 3.2 Our agreement that you should pay 35% (inc VAT) of your damages is based on our assessment of your claim – both whether you will win and its value. Our assessment assumes the case will be listed by the Tribunal for a hearing lasting no longer than one day.
- 3.3 If you lose the case you do not pay us anything, except disbursements.NB: Disbursements are payments we make on your behalf to others involved in the case. We will notify you of disbursements incurred as we go along. We would expect the only disbursements to be travelling and subsistence expenses incurred in attending the tribunal hearing.
- 3.4 If you end the agreement before the case is won or lost, you are liable to pay our costs at the rate of £250 per hour with letters, telephone calls charged at £25 each unless they last for ten minutes or longer in which case they will be charged at the appropriate proportion of the hourly rate and letters received charged at £12.50 each. All of these figures attract VAT at the standard rate of 20%For what happens if we end the agreement before the case is won or lost, please refer to paragraph 5.
- Damages: Damages means any money we recover on your behalf before deduction of any state benefits (such as income support, job seekers allowance) or any claim made against you by your employer (for example, repayment of a loan, relocation expenses or the cost of telephone calls etc.) Damages also include the financial value to you of any private health care, pension contributions, motor vehicle, etc). We will decide the financial value of these benefits to you.
- Our Responsibilities: We must always act in your best interests in pursuing your claim for damages and obtaining for you the best possible results, subject to our duty to the tribunal; we must explain to you the risks and benefits of taking legal action; we must give you our best advice about whether to accept any offer of settlement.
- Your Responsibilities: You must give us clear instructions which allow us to do our work properly; you must not ask us to work in an improper or unreasonable way; you must not deliberately mislead us; you must co-operate with us when asked; you must go to the tribunal hearing when asked; you must pay for disbursements as the case goes on.
- What happens if you win: If you win (which means that your case is decided in your favour whether by a tribunal or an agreement to pay you damages), you pay us 35% (inc VAT) of any damages plus any disbursements. You agree that we may receive the damages your opponent has to pay. If your opponent refuses to accept our receipt, you will pay the cheque you receive into a joint bank account in your name and ours. Out of the money you agree to let us take 35% (inc VAT) of the damages plus any outstanding disbursements. You take the rest. If your opponent fails to pay any damages owed to you we have the right to take recovery action in your name to enforce a judgment, order or agreement. The costs of this action are payable by you to us in addition to the 35% damages. It is possible, although rare, that the employment tribunal will either reinstate or re-engage you in your original position or in another position working for your old employer. This award may be made alone or combined with an award of damages. For the purposes of deciding how much you have won for the purpose of calculating the 35%, an order for reinstatement or re-engagement will be valued as 3 months average pay of which we take 35% along with any other damages awarded.
- What happens if you lose: If you lose, you do not have to pay us anything, except our disbursements.
- What happens when the agreement ends before the case itself ends? You can end the agreement at any time. You are then liable to pay our costs incurred up to the date you end the agreement calculated at an hourly rate, set out above under “Paying Us”. We can end the agreement at any timeWe have agreed to act on your behalf without payment unless we win or settle the case and this agreement has been made without knowledge of the pattern the case will follow before it ends. We are potentially acting for you without payment for our advice and assistance and we can therefore end the agreement at any time.
The following are examples (but not an exclusive list) of the circumstances which might lead us to end this agreement:-
- If you do not keep to your responsibilities in paragraph 6. You are then liable to pay us our costs incurred up to the date the agreement ends calculated at the hourly rate and as specified under paragraph 3 above.
- If we believe that you are unlikely to win and you disagree with us. You do not have to pay us anything.
- If you reject our opinion about making a settlement with your opponent. You are then liable to pay us our costs incurred up to the date the agreement ends (unless the damages you negotiate or are awarded are 20% more than the offer we advised you to accept in which case you do not have to pay us anything). The costs you will be liable to pay us will be calculated on the hourly rate specified under paragraph 3 above.
- If the case is listed by the Tribunal for a hearing of longer than a day.
- If the value of the case does not make it financially worthwhile to pursue.
- If your opponent makes a counterclaim against you or makes allegations or produces evidence which in our opinion increase the risk of losing the case and we no longer believe that we should act for you on a “No win, No fee” basis.
In any circumstances where we end the agreement, we will explain our reasons to you in full and will discuss whether we are prepared to enter into a replacement agreement on different terms and, if not, what our normal professional charges would be to continue to act on your behalf.
- What happens after the agreement ends: After the agreement ends, we will apply to have our name removed from the record of the tribunal proceedings in which we are acting. We have the right to preserve our lien over any property of yours (including your full file of relevant documents) in our possession unless any money owed to us under this agreement is paid in full. This means we can keep your papers until you pay us in full.
- Costs: Employment Tribunals have the power to award costs in limited circumstances. If we recover costs on your behalf they belong to us. In other words, if you win, you will pay us 35% of your damages whether or not we also recover any costs from your opponent. If you lose and you are ordered to pay costs to your opponent, then those costs will be payable by you. The circumstances in which costs may be ordered against you are set out below. The 2004 Tribunal Regulations provide that a Tribunal may make a Costs Order against a Claimant (or Respondent) where the paying party has in bringing the proceedings, or her or his representative has in conducting the proceedings acted vexatiously, abusively, disruptively or otherwise unreasonably, or the bringing or conducting of the proceedings by the paying party has been misconceived. The Tribunal may also make costs order against a party who seeks an adjournment or postponement of a hearing.A Tribunal may also make a Costs Order against a party who has not complied with a Tribunal Order or Practice Direction.
The amount of any costs order is limited to £10,000 under the Tribunal’s own jurisdiction or in any sum (ie. over £10,000) as adjudged payable by a County Court on a detailed assessment of costs incurred.
This document would then be signed by the legal representative and the client.
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Perfect and professional from start to finish. Made an incredibly stressful situation much much easier to deal with. Honest and realistic and managed my expectations throughout the whole process. Always only a phone call or email away if I had any questions. If anyone is unfortunate enough to find themselves in a situation where they are in need of an employment law solicitor, Dean Morris is your man!
Michael
Difficult case and Dean looked and decided he could help me when many others rejected it. Very proffesional and kept me updated at every stage. Settled Just before Tribunal for more than i expected. Well worth his 35% fee. Would have no hesitation using him again, Highly recommend.
Anonymous
Dean took on my case after I was unfairly dismissed from work. He answered all of my queries and was very efficient. Dean secured a great outcome for me and I felt that justice was served as a result. I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend Dean’s service.
Teodora Angelakova
Dean,
I am writing to thank you for outstanding work you did for me.Words cannot give all my appreciation.You were superbly professional and efficient.Your foresight on all matters on my case, which was NO WIN NO FEE was thruly remarkable.I owe the success and victory of my case to your dedication,throughout all this difficult time for me.You literally took the hassle and worry away.I knew that you were only at the end of the phone if I was concerned.
It goes without saying that,I will always refer to your firm if the need ever arises that I shell need any legal assistance again,and I definitely recommend you to anyone else.
Once again, my heartfelt thanks and appreciation.
Chris
I cannot thank Dean enough for the help he gave after I was dismissed unfairly by a huge company. My own union wouldn’t help but Dean took my case on and on a no win no fee basis and secured a settlement for me. I honestly can’t thank him enough and I would highly recommend anyone with a problem to contact him. He gave a first rate service
Liz
Dean took on my case on a no win no fee basis . The service throughout has been excellent and I’m extremely happy with my settlement!
B
Could not write a review that would do justice for Dean and his team, made an extremely stressful situation a hell of a lot easier. He looks at your case and gives you an honest opinion of the strength of your case, after lots of dead ends dean took my case and got me the result that i wanted. If i ever had any problems Dean was contactable via email and phone. If you ever find yourself having legal issues would definitely recommend Morris Legal Ltd. 10/10 team
Peter Lai
Carefully examined the statements i have given, also made constructive inquiries, i did not expect anything at first but the result was good enough to ease my situation caused by my former employer who unfairly dismissed me from work. Very professional, having him as my Solicitor would really boost my confidence in the case. With him on my side, i had almost stress relief for the legal representative part. Further, my case was not an ordinary Employment Law, this involved immigration due to the nature of my job. It was an extra effort to seek for concrete information to assist the case and he has done a brilliant job. Highly reliable solicitor with prompt service and responses. very hardworking until final minute before the tribunal took place. If your case is genuine and in a suitable area of Law, highly recommend Dean Morris to assist your case. Your chance of winning probably higher due to the way of he approaches the case which i strongly believe is unquestionable.
Paul
Dean is top class,help me every step of the way always there with any question I had and got me the best result highly recommend
David
The service was absolutley brilliant.Dean Morris is awesome he took on my case on a no win no fee basis in a time of dispair in a legal matter against two giant cooperates and got me the result I wanted . I am grateful for the excellent work he has done on my behalf and I would definitely recommend him and his legal team .
Troy
I was unfairly dismissed from my place of work, so decided to make a claim and was recommended to contact these solicitors. Dean was very responsive and any queries or questions I had were dealt with quickly! Everything was straight forward and he was patient with me providing all information and getting extra stuff to him. All paper work was double checked and everything was relayed back to me for confirmation. Very happy with the result overall, thank you very much.
Satnam Lyall
Fab! I will defo be recommending this solicitor to anyone who is in need ! Dean made a very stressful time in my life a whole lot easier to cope with. I could not be more grateful. Massive THANK YOU !!
Julie
Dean was really friendly and helpful throughout my case, always responded quickly to emails would highly recommend this firm of solicitors
martin williams
i will recommend dean morris of morris solicitors to everybody .
helped me in every way that he can in this case
Steve callis
Morris legal Ltd really did provide an excellent service when I took my former employer to tribunal for unfair dismissal. Dean Morris did an excellent job by getting my former employers to settle before going to tribunal,thanks Dean.
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