{"id":8034,"date":"2011-07-27T13:18:00","date_gmt":"2011-07-27T12:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/?p=8034"},"modified":"2011-07-27T13:18:00","modified_gmt":"2011-07-27T12:18:00","slug":"whiplash-compensation-%e2%80%93-how-much-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/2011\/07\/27\/whiplash-compensation-%e2%80%93-how-much-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Whiplash Compensation \u2013 How Much?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/accident-whiplash-claims4.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"accident-whiplash-claims\" width=\"232\" height=\"252\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-8089\" \/>Whiplash can be experienced very mildly or extremely severely, and so can have little effect on your life or an extremely debilitating effect on your life. This is why valuing a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/whiplash_claims.php\">claim for whiplash<\/a> can be difficult; some sufferers can recover from the condition in a matter of weeks, whereas others can suffer for months or years. As you will probably have gathered, there will be extremely different valuations placed on the two extremes I have just outlined above, and the point of this blog is to let you know how solicitors come up with these valuations for your claim.<\/p>\n<p>A solicitor will use a wide range of tools to value your claim &#8211; I have set these out below:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Judicial Studies Board Guidelines<\/strong>: The JSB guidelines band neck injuries for the purposes of valuations \u2013 I have set out these bands below;<\/li>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Minor Whiplash Injuries \u2013 \u00a3875 to \u00a35,150<\/li>\n<li>Moderate Whiplash Injuries \u2013 \u00a35,150 to \u00a316,400<\/li>\n<li>Severe Whiplash Injuries \u2013 up to \u00a397,000<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The average minor whiplash claim settles for around <strong>\u00a32,500<\/strong> according to statistics and averages.<\/p>\n<li><strong>Medical report<\/strong>: This medical report provides more information than you might think on your injury \u2013 it details the effects the injury has had on all areas of your life, including your <strong>professional<\/strong> and <strong>domestic life<\/strong>, together with any <strong>psychological effects<\/strong> it has caused. The medical report also gives a prognosis detailing when you are likely to recover from your injuries.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<strong>Skill, experience, and expertise of your solicitor<\/strong>: A solicitor will draw upon everything he \/ she can to value your claim.\u00a0 This is why it can be beneficial to choose a specialist personal injury lawyer with a vast amount of experience in dealing with whiplash claiming.<\/li>\n<li><strong> Case law<\/strong>: your solicitor may look at cases similar to your own which have settled already in order to value your claim.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>But which law firm do you choose to deal with your claim&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Benefits which many good law firms offer are as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>100% compensation<\/strong> \u2013 make sure you receive all of which you are entitled to be awarded.<\/li>\n<li><strong>No costs for you to pay<\/strong> \u2013 win or lose the claim ensure that you do not have to pay a penny. This should be reflected in your no win no fee agreement.<\/li>\n<li><strong>High service standards<\/strong> \u2013 at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/\">The Injury Lawyers<\/a> we offer extremely high client care standards whereby we return client calls and e-mails within 24 hours and update our clients every 14 days.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Free home visits<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Medical package<\/strong> \u2013 as an example at The Injury Lawyers we are able to <strong>arrange private medical treatment at no cost to our clients<\/strong> \u2013 this includes physiotherapy, osteopathy and chiropractic assistance.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you require any further information regarding your claim then <strong>please feel free to give The Injury Lawyers a call<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whiplash can be experienced very mildly or extremely severely, and so can have little effect on your life or an extremely debilitating effect on your life. This is why valuing a claim for whiplash can be difficult; some sufferers can recover from the condition in a matter of weeks, whereas others can suffer for months &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/2011\/07\/27\/whiplash-compensation-%e2%80%93-how-much-3\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Whiplash Compensation \u2013 How Much?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,21,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","category-claims","category-compensation-advice"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Whiplash Compensation \u2013 How Much?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/2011\/07\/27\/whiplash-compensation-\u2013-how-much-3\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Whiplash Compensation \u2013 How Much?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Whiplash can be experienced very mildly or extremely severely, and so can have little effect on your life or an extremely debilitating effect on your life. 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