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This has completely razzed me off. The most painful injury I have ever had (and I've played hockey for 35 years plus) was a whiplash injury. It was excruciating. It is extremely dismissive to class all whiplash claims as minor. I accept that there has been abuse of the system - but I genuinely believe that this can be laid at the feet of the claims management companies that wouldn't have thrived if it hadn't been for the government allowing them to. I mean, the average man on the street having been asked 'have you had an accident in the last three years that wasn't your fault' might say yes, and then with promises of 'oh you're entitled to claim, you must have been injured', why wouldn't he go ahead and try to get compensation? Yes, the vigilant solicitor would weed that out if there wasn't an injury, but there must have been many that didn't for various reasons. So now we are left in a position where genuinely injured people are not listened to? It's appalling. I agree with previous comments too - it's not been thought through. Closure of pure PI firms and the consequent benefit claims for former employees, increased litigants in person, loss of court revenue. In the end it will cost the taxpayer more - but won't the insurers look lovely and angelic having smacked the naughty, avaricious lawyers and their money-grabbing clients down? What a splendid blow for justice! I despair, I really do.