Whip Lash claims.

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.parliament...ee/news/cmi---report/

We have all recently seen a huge rise in our motor insurance premiums, this has been due to the escalating rise in 'whip lash' injuries claims.

A recent report from the House of Commons Transport Committee could mean asking the government to bring in measures to curb some of these extortionate high amounts of costly claims.

http://www.mirror.co....aims-115875-23696013/

But the question that must be asked is, if they manage to get a reduction in these claims, will we see our insurance premiums drop?

Personally I cannot see it.

[ummmm]

This was quite a long time ago. Before 'where there's blame, there's a claim'

[Nini74]

the Highways Act 1980 still applied though I'd hazard a guess. The law hasn't changed, the way people make claims has (it used to be Legal Aid for personal injury claims which meant taxpayers paid the cost anyway - its only since Legal Aid was stopped for PI claims that "no win no fee" was introduced - otherwise we were left with a situation where people with a valid and proper claim for damages could not claim because they couldn't afford to).

[ummmm]

I had a valid a proper claim. I didn't have to pay anything.

Barmaid reckons it's because it was an open and shut case.

[craft1948]

When my car was reversed into last year a certain guitar playing person on here said it was a pity that I wasn't in it at the time as I could have claimed for whiplash injuries.
Apparently he had although there was bugger all wrong with him............

[ummmm]

Hmmmm....Is this the same person that takes pictures of illegal number plates?

[craft1948]

Could be ummmm.................and also wants to know what he can claim for in case someone is getting more than him.

[smart1]

I doubt it

[ummmm]

Also downloads pirate dvds....

[craft1948]

Oh I couldn't possibly say...........

[ummmm]

;-)

[Trojanfarce]

Nini74 - I got my rough figures from my partner who works in the Claims department of a large insurance firm. Electronic portal claims carry a minimum payment to firms of solicitors whether the victim gets less than £1000 or not.

[flip_flop]

Loved the first paragraph of Eddie's link;

"One might assume that a trebling in the number of Britain’s practising solicitors over the past 30 years would have resulted in a more honest society..."

I didn't realise solicitors were such paragons of virtue!

In my experience I find solicitors, certainly in commercial transactions, to be a hindrance to good, efficient commerce - and I'm convinced they 'find' problems so they can charge themselves out at another hour or two at £250+ an hour.