The Whiplash Report 2012
New evidence about whiplash claims was launched by Association of Personal Injury Lawyers in Parliament today.
The Whiplash Report 2012 dispels common myths about whiplash claims with the aim of clearing the way for sensible debate about the issue, and was presented to MPs and peers at a parliamentary reception hosted by the association.
“The content is based on independent research and shows, among other things, that whiplash claims have fallen in the past year, that 40 per cent of people who have suffered a whiplash injury never claimed compensation for their injuries, and that, far from being a trivial injury, whiplash can give rise to symptoms which last for more than a year for one in five people,” APIL president Karl Tonks explained.
