CrowdJustice – Platform statistics 2026
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CrowdJustice – Pros & Cons
About CrowdJustice
What it is
CrowdJustice is a UK donation crowdfunding site for legal cases, running since 2015. People facing a legal problem, such as a planning decision, an immigration refusal, an inquest or an appeal, raise money from the public to pay their lawyer. Backers get nothing back: no share of any damages, no interest, no repayment and no reward. Since December 2023 the company, CrowdJustice Ltd, has been owned by Crowdfunder Ltd, a large UK crowdfunding group, and is run from Cornwall.
How it works
The case owner sets a first target equal to the legal fees for the next stage of work, and can add a stretch target. You pledge by card from £5, from any country, always in pounds, and can give anonymously. A campaign runs for 30 days. The first target is all-or-nothing: if it is missed, every card is refunded and no fee is taken. If it is reached, the money goes straight to the solicitor's client account, or to the charity running the case.
Who can raise money
Anyone aged 18 or over who already has a lawyer instructed or is working with a registered organisation such as a charity. Pages can be public or private (invite-only). CrowdJustice screens pages for harmful content but does not judge the legal merits, does not check what the page says, and does not follow how the money is spent once it has been transferred.
Fees
Creating a page is free. If the campaign succeeds, the case owner pays a 3% platform fee plus card processing of 3% and 20p per card (terms updated 16 July 2025). Backers pay no fee, though the payment page offers an optional tip to CrowdJustice that can be set to zero.
What reaches the project
About 94% of what you give, less 20p per card. On a £50 pledge, roughly £46.80 reaches the lawyer. If the case ends early or costs less than raised, a case owner that is not a charity must return the unused money within 10 days. A 10% fee is charged on it, and a further 10% processing fee when it is passed to another qualifying case or to the Access to Justice Foundation. The unused money does not come back to backers.
Track record
The homepage shows £60 million raised from 1.3 million backers across more than 1,800 fundraising pages, with 4 in 5 campaigns reaching their target (checked 30 October 2026; the counters carry no date). The platform publishes selected wins but no figures on how many funded cases were won or lost.
Status and regulation
Operating, with live campaigns (checked 30 October 2026). CrowdJustice is not authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority and needs no investment licence, because backers donate. So there is no Financial Ombudsman route and no Financial Services Compensation Scheme cover. Card payments are processed by Stripe. Money lands in a solicitor's client account, which is governed by the Solicitors Regulation Authority's client-money rules.
Our view
We do not rate CrowdJustice: it is giving, not investing. You lose what you give whether the case is won or lost, and any damages or costs awarded belong to the claimant. One fact matters for a backer: once the target is reached, you cannot get a refund, because the money goes straight to the law firm.
Regulation
License / Regulation: No investment licence — CrowdJustice Ltd (England and Wales, company 14875949) is not authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority and needs no authorisation for donation crowdfunding. No Financial Ombudsman route or compensation scheme cover. Card payments are processed by Stripe.
Functionality
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Useful Information
Only until the first target is reached: if the 30 days run out or the case is cancelled first, every card is refunded. After that, refunds are not possible, because the money goes straight to the lawyer's client account. If the case is lost, nothing comes back. Backers are not covered by any compensation scheme.
No fee for backers. The payment page offers an optional tip to CrowdJustice, which you can set to zero. The case owner pays 3% plus card processing of 3% and 20p per card on a successful campaign.
About 94%, less 20p per card: on a £50 pledge roughly £46.80 reaches the lawyer.
The first target is all-or-nothing: if it is not met within the 30-day campaign, cards are refunded and no fee is charged. Money given towards a stretch target after the first target is reached is collected.
Anyone aged 18 or over who already has a lawyer instructed or works with a registered organisation such as a charity. CrowdJustice does not judge the legal merits of a case.
No. Damages, settlements and costs awards belong to the claimant. Backers get no share, no repayment and no reward, only updates on the case if they opt in. Ordinary case pages offer no Gift Aid.
A case owner that is not a charity must return it within 10 days. A 10% fee is charged, and a further 10% processing fee applies when the rest goes to another qualifying case or to the Access to Justice Foundation. Charities keep unused money for their general purposes. It does not come back to backers.
In England and Wales the loser usually pays the winner's legal costs, but that falls on the claimant. A backer who gives money and has no control over the case and no benefit from it is normally not liable. If in doubt, ask the case's lawyer.
