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Whiplash can be a condition which is underestimated by those who have never experienced it. This may be due to the fact that it is not so plain to see as a broken bone or a laceration to the skin. At The Injury Lawyers, we take the exact opposite approach, and treat whiplash with the seriousness it deserves, as our clients tell us on a daily basis the devastating effects that it has on all areas of their lives.
In order to discuss the symptoms of whiplash, you need to firstly address the causes of the condition. Whiplash is caused by a sudden jolt to the head and neck, which in turn causes the neck to move beyond its normal range. This movement causes muscles and tendons in the neck to be damaged; thus leaving the person with symptoms that I will outline below.
The symptoms of whiplash tend to become apparent between 6-12 hours (or even more) after the accident has taken place, and then can increase in severity for up to a week. Whiplash is experienced by different people in different ways – I have gone onto list the more common symptoms below:
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If you are reading this blog, you may have been involved in an accident, and you may well be suffering from whiplash, and are sat at home wondering how much your claim could be worth! With compensation claiming, there are two heads of damages – these being General Damages and Special Damages. I will discuss each one in turn in the following blog.
General Damages
General damages is compensation which you can claim for your injuries. A solicitor will place a value on your General damages by looking at a number of factors:
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If you have been injured in an accident which was not your fault, and you believe you have a potentially successful claim for compensation, it is important that you have an expert injury lawyer on your side. Only this way will you be able to obtain the maximum compensation that you deserve in the shortest possible time. At The Injury Lawyers, we are experts in the field of personal injury claims, having dealt with thousands of cases over many years, and getting our clients the maximum compensation they deserve. Here is a quick guide as to what you should be looking for in an injury lawyer:
You must keep 100% of your compensation
If you do not receive 100% of the compensation which has been agreed for your accident, this is the same as having your claim under-settled. If your lawyers are to take even a penny away from your compensation, you are undercompensated. At The Injury Lawyers, we do not believe in charging our clients for our services whatsoever. That is why we work on a genuine no win, no fee agreement, which means that we will never charge you for our work. Before you instruct an injury lawyer, please have a good read through their paperwork. You must make sure that you keep all of your compensation, and that you are definitely not being charged any lawyers fees.
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What to Look for When Choosing a Personal Injury Lawyer
Recently, I have heard some fairly worrying stories from client’s who have been shopping around for Law firms to instruct for their personal injury claims. These stories have included:
‘‘x’ law firm have said they will take 25% of my compensation upon winning my claim’.
‘‘y’ law firm said that if it goes to court and I lose I will have to pay the court costs’.
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If you have a personal injury claim it is advisable to bring the claim with a law firm using the no win no fee system. By doing it this way, it means that there is less risk to you in having to pay your solicitors costs, which can run into thousands of pounds.
In saying this, you must read the no win no fee agreement through fully, as many law firms still place a large onus on the clients to pay their costs in certain situations.
At The Injury Lawyers, win or lose a claim, we do not charge our costs – i.e. the time we have spent on a case, to our clients, which is reflected in our genuine no win no fee agreement.
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Whiplash Claims Average Payout
At The Injury Lawyers, we pride ourselves for being highly experienced in dealing with whiplash claims. It is this experience that allows us to say to our clients that we strive to get them the best possible amount of compensation for their whiplash claim. But how much compensation are you likely to receive for a successful whiplash claim?
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It is a little known fact that not only can you claim for compensation for your injuries, but that you can also claim for any financial losses you have suffered as a result of the accident. The reason for this is that compensation is meant to put you back in the position you would have been in had the accident not have taken place – therefore recouping your losses is an important part of claiming for compensation.
Your solicitor should advise you from the outset of your claim regarding your potential claims for losses so you are aware to document any ongoing losses, and retain any receipts and other evidence in support of them.
Once your losses are collated, your solicitor will then draft a document known as a Schedule of Loss which lists your losses for the other side to consider. This Schedule of Loss will not contain the compensation claimed for your injuries, as this is dealt with as a separate item; however, when your claim is settled, this may be paid in one global amount – i.e. injury compensation and your losses together.
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Many clients upon approaching The Injury Lawyers tend to ask what their claim may be worth. This can be a difficult question to answer at the early stages of a claim, due to reasons I will discuss later in this blog. We are, however, able to give approximate figures which we feel your claim may centre around – these are approximate, as in order to accurately assess a claim, we would use a medical report:
A medical report: Once liability has been admitted on your claim, a solicitor would send you to be medically examined. This can take place at a time and location convenient for you. After the examination, the medical professional would compile a report not only detailing your injuries and when they predict that these injuries will resolve, but also detailing the effects the accident has had on all areas of your life. This is why at The Injury Lawyers we advise our clients prior to their examination to ensure they inform the medic of all the relevant effects as fully and as accurately as possible. The medical report then provides a basis for which your claim can be valued.
JSB Guidelines: Another tool at the disposal of a specialist personal injury solicitor is that of the Judicial Studies Board Guidelines. These set whiplash injuries into bands in order to value them. I have set out these bands below:
Car Accident Claims – How to Make a Claim!
At The Injury Lawyers, we know that road traffic accidents occur all the time. As expert injury lawyers, we deal with road accident claims on a daily basis. Our experience also tells us that if you have been involved in a road traffic accident and you have ended up being injured through no fault of your own, it is highly likely that you are due compensation for your injuries. The aim of this blog is to give you a quick guide as to how to go about making a claim arising out of a road traffic accident.
A new protocol for low value personal injury claims for road accidents has made making a claim for compensation much easier, and much more streamlined.
Under previous rules, the negligent driver’s insurer were allowed a period of around 4 months in which to investigate your claim, and further to an admission of liability, it could still take a matter of months before you received your compensation. Under the new protocol, your claim is submitted via an online portal. The other side now only have 1 day in which to acknowledge receipt of your claim form, and then are allowed a further 15 working days in which to come back with their position on liability. Once liability has been admitted for your accident you will be medically examined, and your injury lawyer will put together all details of any losses arising from your accident and submit these, along with your medical report, to the other side. Once this is done, your injury lawyers will negotiate the best settlement for you.
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It seems like we hear about road accidents occurring everyday – whether it be on traffic news updates on the radio, seeing reports in the newspapers, or hearing about them on the news. It seems that the sad fact is that road traffic accidents are a constantly common occurrence.
If you have been involved in a road traffic accident that was not your fault, you may have a claim for compensation. This blog aims to illustrate the ease in which you can now bring a claim for a road traffic accident, as well as the added benefits that making a claim can bring.
How does the claims process work?
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