Car accident 21 October 2022 at 3:22PM edited 24 October 2022 at 9:20AM in Consumer rights 5 replies 321 views

pauly48

I was a passenger in a taxi and the crash impacted on my knees my left knee still having physio I was wanting some advice about claiming compensation but I've heard the law changed last year regarding claims am I wasting my time trying to claim [Text removed by Forum Team] 

Alter_ego

Claim against the taxi company

pauly48

There have not been helpfull and haven't been Intouch since it happened which was end of January 2022 I'm not sure which solicitors to try [Text removed by Forum Team]

diinozzo

Pauly please edit your posts and delete your name...it's not a good idea to identify yourself by name on forums.

baser999

That’s a long time to not hear anything and I would suspect the taxi company have already ‘forgotten’ about you. Possibly the driver was working illegally? 

 In the circumstances perhaps take action via the small claims court? Serving some form of summons against the taxi company should shake them up

DullGreyGuy

Alter_ego said:

Claim against the taxi company

You claim against the at fault party, the OP gives no indication if the taxi driver or another party was to blame for the accident.

pauly48 said:
I've heard the law changed last year regarding claims am I wasting my time trying to claim [Text removed by Forum Team] 

The rules were changed such that whiplash and whiplash like soft tissue injuries are now a fixed tariff and dealt with by the Small Track/Small Claims Court. You can see the table on https://www.sillslegal.co.uk/news/2021/07/the-whiplash-tariff-and-the-rta-small-claims-protocol with 2(1)(b) being if there are psychological damages on top.

This is the tariff for the pain, suffering and loss of amenities aspect of the claim... if you have had to pay for private physio then that would be a separate head of claim.