Managing compensation from claims for severe injury and disability

The purpose of compensation for severe, permanent disability is to meet the injured person’s additional needs that arise from their disability for the rest of their life. The injured person’s compensation may also be intended to replace their net loss of income from earnings or pension if their injury has left them unable to work.

If a severely injured child, teenager or adult will have to rely on their compensation to pay for essential care, therapies, specialist equipment and adapted housing throughout their life, it is important that arrangements are made to protect their money, whilst ensuring that it is available and accessible to meet those essential needs.

In most claims arising from severe injury which has caused lifelong disability, such as cerebral palsy, brain injury or spinal cord injury (SCI) cases, or where the injured person is a child or lacks mental capacity, we advise that large compensation funds should be professionally managed.

The court also has rules relating to the management and protection of compensation for ‘protected parties’, such as children, and adults who are vulnerable owing to brain injury or learning disability.

Our medical negligence and personal injury teams work closely with our Court of Protection deputyship specialists to ensure that our clients receive the highest level of specialist guidance and support in managing their own or their child’s compensation.