Our Hamilton Lawyers do no believe in the traditional “pay by the hour” model when hiring a lawyer. This does not work for the majority of the population.
When you hire our reputable and experienced personal injury lawyer to help protect your future and recover your losses suffered in a car accident, motorcycle accident, bicycle accident or pedestrian accident, these lawyers are performing highly specialized work. Typically, experienced personal injury lawyers will have years or decades of extensive legal training, trial experience and a very specialized knowledge of the law and legal system. Good personal injury lawyers are often in high demand – and the continued payment of hourly fees, over the course of several months or years – is simply unaffordable for the majority of people who are going through the worst times of their lives.
Our firm works on a no-win, no-fee basis – meaning that we only get paid if we recovery compensation for you. If we don’t, we do not charge you anything. This is otherwise known as a contingency fee.
Contingency fee arrangements significantly lower the barrier to legal access for individuals who might otherwise be unable to afford the costs of litigation. Clients only pay attorney fees if they win their case or secure a settlement, shifting the financial risk to the attorney and aligning both parties’ interests towards a successful outcome.
This model enables people to pursue claims against entities with greater financial resources, ensuring everyone has the chance to seek justice for wrongs suffered without the fear of incurring upfront legal fees. Additionally, since attorneys are compensated based on the case’s success, they are motivated to accept cases with strong merit and work diligently, promoting efficiency and discouraging frivolous lawsuits. This ensures that legal representation is both accessible and focused on achieving the best possible outcome for the client.
We believe in being open and transparent with our clients – and potential new clients – from day one. The following applies to our four (5) areas of law that we specialize in:
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A contingency fee agreement is an agreement in which a client only pays legal fees if there is a recovery – i.e. the fees payable are contingent on recovery.
Yes, consultation fees with our Hamilton Personal Injury Lawyer are 100% Free with no obligation to retain our firm. We are happy to talk to you about your rights so you can make the best informed decision possible.
Talking to a disability lawyer is 100% free. There are no fees for initial consultations in denied disability cases – all disability consultations are without cost to you and without any obligation to retain the firm.
Our contingency fees in personal injury cases are 30%, our contingency fees on disability cases are 30% and our contingency fees for employment and wrongful dismissal litigation range from 20% to 25%.
We pay all of your disbursements upfront. If your case is not successful you will NOT have to repay us.
Unfortunately, you do. Legal fees are a service in which we must charge HST.
A typical contingency fees range anywhere from 30% to 33.3% of the client’s settlement. The contingency fees are calculated differently if a case goes to trial.
The advantage of contingency fees is access to justice. You get to hire reputable and experiences trials lawyers without having to pay an hourly fee or a legal bill every month.
It depends but most of the time, they are negotiable. Running a personal injury lawsuit is VERY expensive. Experienced lawyers not only work for free for many years, but they spend their own money to fund your case while paying staff and overhead. It depends on the circumstances of each case.
Yes – talking to a wrongful death lawyer is also free. We understand that the sudden, inexplicable death of a loved one can tear a family apart emotionally – and the last thing you need at the moment is paying for legal advice.
The answer is that it depends. We will certainly always disucss your current contingency fee quote or arrangement and if we believe that we can provide you a better rate, we will surely let you know.
Contingency fees are calculated on the total settlement, net of disbursements. This means that the law firm has s first lien on disbursements since they were paid by the law firm. Then, the contingency fee is calculated on the net remainder.
Yes pursuant to specific law society reforms and amendments to the solicitors act, we use standard contingency agreements where a contingency fee is used in respect to legal services provided wholly or partly in exchange for a percentage or proportion of the amount or value of the property recovered under an award or settlement.
The alternative is an hourly rate. You have the option of paying our car accident lawyers an hourly rate for the work they do on your case. You would be provided with a legal account every 30 days that you would need to satisfy in full before any further legal work was continued on your case.
I was a dental hygienist that suffers from really bad scoliosis. My insurance company ignored my doc & cut my benefits off & told me I could do “something”. Matt got me CPP Disability and and LTD settlement – I don’t know what I would have done without him.
My daughter was killed by a drunk driver and it forever changed all of our lives. It seemed that for two years time stopped. This was no an easy journey. Matt let me sit in on the discovery of the driver and boy, he never let up. In the end, our grand-daughter was taken care of and we were compensated for our loss – which we then donated to a cause we believed in.
I call Matt my knight in shining armour. After I was struck by a car while cycling and permanently crippled, he fielded all communications with my especially difficult and downright nasty insurance adjuster. Every step of my care was a battle and I did not have the strength to fight alone.
I lost my leg in a terrible motorcycle accident and Matt help me recover compensation I need because I could not work and the cost of prosthetics and rehab are out of this world. I don’t know what I would have done without him.
My brother ended up paralyzed after a car accident and Lalande did SO MUCH to help get things straight from him getting out of the hospital to all his care for life. We are so grateful for Matt & Heather. I don’t know how my family could have done this without them.
