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We are a firm of compensation solicitors who help
people nationwide to pursue rightful damages following
an accident or loss. This page of our website deals with
compensation awards for whiplash injuries. (more here on
treatment advice for whiplash injuries)
Once you have reached the final stage of your claim,
it is perfectly natural for a claimant to focus on what
amount of compensation they are likely to receive.
Compensation awards for injuries such as whiplash are
surprisingly variable. There are many factors to bear in
mind, not least:
How long a person has suffered with pain
The degree of pain encountered (some people suffer a
serious degree of pain, others less so)
Whether any treatment or physiotherapy was
administered and if so for how long a period.
The final prognosis from the agreed medico-legal
doctor. A prognosis is the "probable outcome" or
estimated outcome.
In this context this usually means period of
recovery.
There are some further factors to bear in mind but
the above list covers some of the more important
elements.
So how much compensation are you likely to receive
for your
whiplash injury? Here are some very general
guideline figures for pain & suffering awards (please
bear in mind the variables above):
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RECOVERY PERIOD
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£ LIKELY AWARD
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6 Months
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£1300-1500
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12 Months
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£2000-2500
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18 Months
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£2500-3000
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24 Months
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£3000-4000
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Permanent Injury
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£7500-12500
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Our team will respond to all written
enquiries within 1 hour 8am-8pm 7 days.
BEWARE:
Insurers nowadays have adopted a tactic known as "Third
party capture". This is a method of capturing injured
parties before they obtain legal advice. If you do not
seek legal advice you will almost certainly receive a
raw deal from the insurers. We can say this because we
have many examples of such conduct. INSURER CLAIMS
DEPARTMENTS TRY TO SAVE MONEY WHEREVER POSSIBLE - they
are acting in their own interests - not yours.
The Claims Connection whiplash compensation section - UK
whiplash personal injury compensation.
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