Call for tighter rules on whiplash claims
The subject of whiplash claims has returned once again to the spotlight with the publication of a report by the House of Commons Transport Select Committee, which looked into the impact of whiplash claims on the cost of motor insurance premiums. The report recommends that Ministers should consider reducing the limitation period for road accident insurance claims, and require […]
Report ‘irons out myths’ on whiplash
New evidence about whiplash claims has been launched in Parliament. Based on independent research, The Whiplash Report 2012 dispels common myths about whiplash claims with the aim of clearing the way for sensible debate about the issue. “The people who suffer these injuries are genuine,” APIL president Karl Tonks told MPs and peers at a […]
Reported Road Casualties 2011
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New whiplash research
Lawyers have called for “sanity” in the national whiplash debate after claims dropped by 24,000 in the last year. An independent survey, commissioned by the not-for-profit Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) also found that almost 40% of people who have suffered a whiplash injury have never claimed compensation for it. The new information “injects […]
Firms fined for fall down lift shaft
Three companies were ordered to pay a total of £232,000 in fines and costs after two workers on an Exeter building site suffered severe injuries when the platform they were working on collapsed and fell four storeys down a lift shaft. One of the companies had been served with a prohibition notice by the HSE […]
Poor head restraints increase the risk of whiplash injuries
Hundreds of thousands of whiplash injuries could be prevented each year with better head restraints and seats in UK cars, according to Axa Insurance. The company carried out research, in conjunction with motor research organisation Thatcham, into the cars on the UK’s roads and estimates that only 34% have head restraints and seats that would […]
