<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article may be unbalanced towards certain viewpoints . Please improve the article by adding information on neglected viewpoints, or discuss the issue on the talk page . (February 2009) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article may be unbalanced towards certain viewpoints . Please improve the article by adding information on neglected viewpoints, or discuss the issue on the talk page . (February 2009) </Td> </Tr> <P> A contingent fee or contingency fee (in the United States) or conditional fee (in England and Wales) is any fee for services provided where the fee is payable only if there is a favourable result . Although such a fee may be used in many fields, it is particularly well associated with legal practice . In the law, it is defined as a "fee charged for a lawyer's services only if the lawsuit is successful or is favorably settled out of court...Contingent fees are usually calculated as a percentage of the client's net recovery ." </P> <P> In the English legal system, it is generally referred to as a conditional fee agreement or, informally by the public and press, as no win no fee . The usual form of this agreement is that the solicitor will take a law case on the understanding that if lost, no payment is made . </P>

What is it called when a lawyer takes a percentage