Agreement page

If you want us to bring a claim for you then you need to click the accept button at the bottom of this page. This confirms you have read and agree to the Client Care and Costs Letter, Form of Authority and the Damages-Based Agreement (DBA) below.

For a summary of the main points please read the information below.

Funding Agreement Summary

We realise that the sign-up documents are lengthy and contain legal jargon that we are required to provide to you by law. We have therefore set out below a summary of the main terms found within these documents.

Legal funding

1. You are signing a “no-win, no-fee” agreement. If we don’t win compensation for you, and you keep to the terms of the agreement, you won’t be charged a penny.
2. If you do win, we will deduct a fee equivalent to 25% (plus VAT) of any compensation obtained. The current VAT rate is 20%, which means that the total of amount of compensation payable to Leigh Day would be 30%.
3. In the end, no matter what, you will get 70% of your compensation (so for every £100 that you win, you will keep £70, minus any deductions for tax and National Insurance). We think that’s fair as we are taking a risk taking the case on a “no-win, no-fee” basis and we hope that you feel this is fair too.
4. This means that either way the case is decided, you will not be left out of pocket. We will never ask you to pay any fees upfront or throughout the life of the claim.



Co-operating with us

5. As part of the agreement, we require you to keep in touch with us and to behave reasonably. If you fail to cooperate with us, e.g. by not providing us with your up-to-date contact details or ignoring our calls, emails or letters, then we will no longer be able to act for you and will treat you as ending our agreement. Therefore, please only sign up if you are willing to cooperate. Please refer to the funding documents for our rights if you fail to co-operate.
6. To be eligible to join the claim you need to be an hourly-paid store worker or have left your employment within the last six months This is due to the strict time limits in place for submitting a claim to the Employment Tribunal once your employment has ended.



Changing your mind

7. You have 14 days from signing up to change your mind about proceeding with the action and simply need to inform us in writing that you no longer wish to proceed with the claim.

After you accept the terms of the “No Win No Fee” agreement, you will receive an email confirming that you are a client of Leigh Day. If the team require any further information from you, they will contact you by phone or via email.

Please note, reading this summary is not a substitute for reading the funding documents themselves.

If you are still unsure on how to join the claim you can speak to a member of the team by calling 0800 037 0846 or emailing [email protected]