Whiplash Compensation Lawyers

If you have whiplash due to a road accident and the accident was not your fault, then you will have a whiplash injury compensation claim. Strict time limits apply for lodging claims, so don’t delay seeking advice. You have 9 months from the date of the accident to lodge the claim with the insurer of the vehicle at fault and 3 years from the date of the accident to commence court proceedings.

Once you have retained us, we prepare and lodge any and all whiplash claim forms and ensure court proceedings are commenced on time. Your whiplash claim will be covered or paid by the insurer of the driver or person at fault. We can assist in finding out all the necessary details for you to be able to make a whiplash injury compensation claim. You are entitled to submit a whiplash claim to the insurer of the vehicle at fault. Once the whiplash claim has been lodged, we can and will assist with your medical and rehabilitation needs by dealing with the insurer and your healthcare providers.

Once your whiplash injuries have settled down and stabilised, we can seek and recover monetary compensation for the following on your behalf:

(a) Pain and Suffering;

(b) Loss of Wages or Income;

(c) Future Loss of Wages or Income;

(d) Past and Future Loss of Superannuation Benefits;

(e) Out of Pocket Expenses;

(f) Past and Future Medical Treatment Costs;

(g) In some cases, Past and Future domestic Care and Assistance;

(h) In some cases, a healthy contribution towards your legal costs which at vbr Lawyers will equate to at least 50% to 70% of your total legal bill being paid by the insurer.

No. A whiplash injury from a road accident can cause pain symptoms at all spine levels, including the neck, mid-back and lower back. This can have associated pain symptoms, including severe headaches that affect eyesight and sleep patterns. In some cases, depending on the level of the spine affected by the road accident whiplash injury, there can also be neurological symptoms such as pins and needles in the fingers, hands and wrists, or pins and needles and numbness in the legs.

Other symptoms associated with whiplash caused by road accidents can include shoulder pain either from direct trauma such as from a seatbelt during the force of the collision as well as pain radiating from a whiplash neck injury into the shoulders.

Yes. Only a minority of our claims involve people who have been permanently prevented from working due to whiplash injuries. Most of our whiplash claims are for people who are still working but have some ongoing symptoms and problems. Even if you are back at work, your work capacity may not be the same as it once was, so you may still be able to recover valuable compensation.

In any case, it is best to notify the insurer of your whiplash claim as soon as possible. If you are completely symptom-free and the claim does not proceed, you will not owe anything to us or anyone else.

We strongly recommend that you seek legal advice as soon as possible after you have sustained a whiplash injury from a road accident. The laws governing whiplash claims are complex, and the value of your claim will depend on a number of factors. Therefore, it is important to get proper legal advice. We are happy to provide you with obligation-free legal advice so that you can understand your rights and options.

An experienced personal injury lawyer will be able to advise you of your rights, explain the whiplash claims process, answer any questions you have about your rights, advise on whether your case can be won and, if so, how long it might take to complete, and estimate the likely full value of your claim.

It is not mandatory to retain a lawyer for a whiplash claim, but the Motor Accident Insurance Commission reveals that the average settlement for people who do not use a lawyer is less than $10,000.00. The average settlement for people who are represented by a lawyer is over $85,000.00.

If the value of your claim is minimal, we will advise you accordingly. If the value of your claim is so small that the legal costs would eat into the value of the claim, we will also advise you of this as early as possible.

If the value of your claim is moderately sized or significant, you will be pleasantly surprised and relieved by our fee structure and fee policy compared to the larger firms. We guarantee it.

We have over 45 years of experience in resolving whiplash claims, and we know that it usually takes 6 to 18 months for a claim to be resolved. We will explain the likely fees upfront, and we are committed to providing clear and transparent information about our fees and charges.

No matter what happens or how your case progresses, our professional costs will never exceed 30% of the value of your claim. For example, if your claim settles for $100,000, we will not charge more than $30,000 in professional fees.

Even if we incur more than $30,000 in professional costs, your bill will never exceed 30% of the value of your claim. So, if we incur $50,000 in professional costs, you will only be charged $30,000.

The same is true if we incur less than $30,000 in professional costs. For example, if we incur only $15,000 in professional costs, you will only be charged $15,000.

We are confident that you will find our fees and charges to be extremely reasonable.

Yes. We offer our services to our clients on a “No Win – No Fee” basis. At vbr Lawyers, our No Win – No fee policy is this:

(a) You will only ever pay legal fees for the work we do at the end of your whiplash claim and if and only if you win;

(b) We will fund and run the whiplash case for you and the legal costs will come out of your settlement monies which are paid by the insurer;

(c) In the very, very unlikely event that your whiplash claim goes to court and in the even more unlikely event that a trial is required and you lose, you would still pay us nothing, but you are likely to be ordered by the court to pay the other side’s legal costs.