Time Limits For Whiplash Personal Injury Claims

 

You are probably reading this as you have been in an accident and gained whiplash, you will be able to make a whiplash personal injury claim. This will allow you to recover any costs, by the way of claiming for compensation. This article has been written so that you are made aware of the time limits that you can make a whiplash personal injury claim in.

 

 

A Whiplash claim normaly has a 3 year limit to make a inkury claim, this will start from the date of the accident. this date is know as the date of limitation. It has been known that sometimes whiplash claims can be up to the date of knowledge. however this is not very common, as most people will know they have whiplash as soon as they get it. If the whiplash victem is under 18, the 3 year limit will not start till the minor is 18.

 

 

If you have past your date of limitation, you case will not stand. There is no way you will be able to make a claim, unless you get an order from the high court for your whiplash case to be heard. We recommend that you make a claim for whiplash as soon as you can to avoid the above.

 

 

To make sure you do not run into any problems when trying to make a personal injury claim for whiplash. we recommend you contact a solicitor as soon as possible. Also please make sure your solicitor has experience with dealing with whiplash claims. An experienced solicitor will be able to help you get the best compensation package available.

 

Please contact Prestige Claims on 0800 081 1991 or by filling out our on line claims form.

 

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