The most common action taken in the UK County Court by compensation claim solicitors is a whiplash injury compensation claim. This injury usually results from a road traffic accident most often from a rear end shunt although it can also be caused by a frontal collision or by side impact. The injury is not restricted to car accidents and can occur following a serious fall or as a result of impact in a contact sport. The injury is caused by sudden stretching of the neck as a result of initial impact and subsequent stretching due to the body’s reflex reactions which in due course causes inflammation and pressure on the…