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The whiplash claims are made against the insurance company that insured the person held liable to your whiplash injury hence the knowledge of the process and details is very important. The claimant should perform the necessary research and study the past case studies and laws to have a glimpse of what is expected. All the necessary evidence and testimonies must be prepared to counter what the insurance company has to oppose.

The best way to take is to hire a professional lawyer. Both your lawyer and the insurer know and have experience in this cases hence will have a water-tight counter arguments that if dealt with by an amateur will lead to losing the claim. So the hiring of a personal lawyer is very crucial to the winning claim; he understands the law better, has experience and will stand better chance to challenge and negotiate with the defence.

Once you engage the lawyer, he will initiate contact with the insurer. At this stage all the correspondence will be guided by the pre-action protocol. The insurance company may opt to settle or the case goes to the court depending on their confidence on winning the case. The pre-action protocol was introduced in 1999 by Lord chief justice Woolf to streamline the personal injury section which was formerly in disarray with the insurance companies taking advantage of the situation to deny whiplash compensation.

Your lawyer should advise you of the direction you should take; to take the whiplash compensation on the table, or sue depending on what the insurance offers and deems reasonable.