futuresailor
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Hey hope someone with some experience can advise me please.
I was in a car accident 6 months ago and ended up with whiplash in neck shoulder area. I was off work for 3 and a half weeks and 5/6 weeks of physio thereafter and everyday home excersizes. Doc expected full recovery within 6 months altho said its an unpredictable condition. Im grand enough now, just an odd twinge if I over do it, but nothing for past few weeks.
Anyway, Insurance co have offered me €8,500 plus special expenses. I dont mean to be crude about money (but this is askaboutmoney after all!). Is this enough or can I expect more from the injuries board? The book of quantum I have looked at but many stories I hear don't seem to follow it, and it does appear to be out of date by 6/7 years?
I did engage a solicitor to look after this for me as I wanted no hassle and just to get it sorted but this was a grave mistake. She did minimal work and did not even meet me once and I had to cover all my outlays (doc report etc). Not to mention missing basic info and delaying proceedings further. Basically I don't trust a word she says and am tempted to go the injuries board just to annoy her. She seems to be after an easy payday tbh
Can anyone with any sound experience advise me? Is this a good offer or would I be better going to the injuries board? or is it a case of rolling the dice.
Again sorry for being crude but I couldn't bear shelling out more cash to another solicitor in order to be told I'm being ripped off (nor could I bear the irony of said situation)
thanks in advance
I was in a car accident 6 months ago and ended up with whiplash in neck shoulder area. I was off work for 3 and a half weeks and 5/6 weeks of physio thereafter and everyday home excersizes. Doc expected full recovery within 6 months altho said its an unpredictable condition. Im grand enough now, just an odd twinge if I over do it, but nothing for past few weeks.
Anyway, Insurance co have offered me €8,500 plus special expenses. I dont mean to be crude about money (but this is askaboutmoney after all!). Is this enough or can I expect more from the injuries board? The book of quantum I have looked at but many stories I hear don't seem to follow it, and it does appear to be out of date by 6/7 years?
I did engage a solicitor to look after this for me as I wanted no hassle and just to get it sorted but this was a grave mistake. She did minimal work and did not even meet me once and I had to cover all my outlays (doc report etc). Not to mention missing basic info and delaying proceedings further. Basically I don't trust a word she says and am tempted to go the injuries board just to annoy her. She seems to be after an easy payday tbh
Can anyone with any sound experience advise me? Is this a good offer or would I be better going to the injuries board? or is it a case of rolling the dice.
Again sorry for being crude but I couldn't bear shelling out more cash to another solicitor in order to be told I'm being ripped off (nor could I bear the irony of said situation)
thanks in advance