Hello, I've been reading some of the other posts about this and it seems to be a growing problem. I would like some advice before proceeding if possible - some of the members seem to know lots about this sort of thing...
The accident happened about 3 weeks ago. My 19 year old sister was driving and was caught in the snow. The traffic was moving very slowly and as she reached the top of a hill everyone started skidding down it. Lots of people hit each other. She managed to skid into a curb quite slowly and the curb absorbed most of the speed. she then slowly bounced off the curb and slid into a stationary car. At the time she and the man in the car and his passenger agreed that there had been no damage. There was no mark to be seen on his car and none on hers. He took her number because he claimed he wanted to look at the car in the day. We heard nothing over Christmas then yesterday had a letter a solicitor saying that he claims he has whiplash. We suspect that this must be one of those no win no fee type things and the man is just trying it on.
I've heard that these cases can be almost impossible to win and once someone cries whiplash they always get a pay out. How should we proceed from here? Should we talk to our own solicitor? Or to our insurance company. She obviously wants to avoid a claim being made and losing my mums no claim bonus.
Thanks in advance.
The accident happened about 3 weeks ago. My 19 year old sister was driving and was caught in the snow. The traffic was moving very slowly and as she reached the top of a hill everyone started skidding down it. Lots of people hit each other. She managed to skid into a curb quite slowly and the curb absorbed most of the speed. she then slowly bounced off the curb and slid into a stationary car. At the time she and the man in the car and his passenger agreed that there had been no damage. There was no mark to be seen on his car and none on hers. He took her number because he claimed he wanted to look at the car in the day. We heard nothing over Christmas then yesterday had a letter a solicitor saying that he claims he has whiplash. We suspect that this must be one of those no win no fee type things and the man is just trying it on.
I've heard that these cases can be almost impossible to win and once someone cries whiplash they always get a pay out. How should we proceed from here? Should we talk to our own solicitor? Or to our insurance company. She obviously wants to avoid a claim being made and losing my mums no claim bonus.
Thanks in advance.
