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If you are in receipt of means tested support at the time of establishing the personal injury trust, with your authority, we will write to your benefits agency fulfilling your legal obligation to disclose your change of financial circumstances. In doing so we will request that the benefits agency confirm for our records that the Trust is to be disregarded in relation to any financial assessment. Should your circumstances change in future and the need arise to further disclose your financial circumstances we will be on hand to advise you on how best to complete the disclosure

Should you need to change your co-trustee for any reason you are able to do so. This could be desirable for a number of reasons such as a relocation, separation/divorce or simply due to having someone closer in your life that it is appropriate to share this responsibility with. There will however be a small administration fee and therefore it is advisable to appoint those who you feel will be able to serve your best interests for an extended period.

Yes, but only if you receive those funds as a result of your injury. This could be in respect of an insurance payout, charitable collection or a voluntary payment from a family member to support you. It is not allowable to place other personal savings or assets which are not connected with your injury into the trust and have these disregarded from financial assessment.

There are no ongoing costs or charges in relation to administering the trust unless you decide to appoint a professional trustee to handle your affairs.

Primarily 'form of award' in personal injury and clinical negligence cases. Richard Cropper and Ian Gunn were also members of the panel of experts advising the Ministry of Justice on the review of the discount rate in personal injury claims.