Personal Injury Trusts

Protecting what you deserve

We know that your injury wasn’t just a moment, it changed everything.

We also understand that your settlement is more than just money, it’s your future. It represents the care, support, and stability you need moving forward.

Through expertly crafted personal injury trusts, we shield what’s rightfully yours so you can focus on healing, rebuilding, and living without compromise.

By helping to protect what you rightfully deserve we ensure your future is safe, secure, and handled with the respect it deserves.

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What is a Personal Injury Trust?

A Personal Injury Trust is a legal arrangement for holding and managing funds received as a consequence of an injury. The trust must be managed according to specific rules. It is important that the right kind of trust is used, suitable for the individual’s circumstances. A Personal Injury Trust will usually be managed by two trustees or a trust corporation. The trustees will thereafter make decisions together about the management of the funds, including any payments that are to be paid out of the trust.

Why do you need a Personal Injury Trust

A Personal Injury Trust protects compensation from personal injury or medical negligence claims, ensuring eligibility for means-tested benefits such as Universal Credit, Housing Benefit, and local authority care funding. It safeguards funds for vulnerable individuals, providing long-term financial security and professional trustee support for sound decision-making.

By keeping awarded funds separate from other assets, a trust helps individuals maintain access to benefits and services, even if their circumstances change. Without a trust, compensation may need to be spent before benefits can be reinstated. Protect your settlement and secure your future with a Personal Injury Trust.

Our Service includes

Declarations of Trust (Standard)
Declarations of Trust (Complex) HR
Bare Trusts
Deed of Gift
PI Trusts
Lifetime Trust
Lifetime Trust (Wealth Preservation)
Lifetime Trust (BPR/APR)
Property Transfer with any trust
Ancillary Trust Deed
Trustee Minutes
Trust Registration with HMRC
Preparation and submission of IHT100
Trust administration/professional annual management

How Private Client Solicitors can help

Our solicitors are specialists in this field, and we are able to offer you a simple and straightforward service to help you to decide whether a Personal Injury Trust is in your best interests. We are able to guide you through the process, inclusive of providing a suitable Trust Deed for you and your appointed trustees signature and help you to open a Trust Bank Account.

We can thereafter introduce you and your trustees to an appropriate financial advisor who can provide financial guidance to ensure longevity of your settlement.

Can I change my trustees?

If one of your trustees were to die, moved abroad or you simply fell out with them, you have the power to replace them with a new trustee of your choosing. It is a good idea to review your Will at least once every five years in order to ensure it still accurately reflects your wishes.

What happens if I die?

If you were to die, the value of your Personal Injury Trust would be distributed in accordance with the terms of your Will. If you die without making a Will, you may not control who would receive your award money. Your estate would simply be distributed in accordance with a set of legal rules, known as the “Intestacy Rules”. We recommend that you update / establish a Will as soon as possible with a specialist solicitor.

How much can I put into a Personal Injury Trust?

You cannot put more than the total value of your Personal Injury compensation into a Personal Injury Trust. Depending upon your own circumstances, you may decide to place less than the value of your compensation into the Personal Injury Trust.

What happens if my circumstances change in the future?

If at any time you decide you no longer need the Personal Injury Trust, provided that your trust is a “bare” trust, you simply instruct your trustees in writing, to transfer the money over to you. The Personal Injury Trust will then cease, but you may lose your entitlement to any means tested State and Local Authority benefits.

How much does your service cost

All pricing details and transparency information can be found here.

What our clients say

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Handling of late father’s estate

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Our will writing service is fully authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority, ensuring trusted legal expertise and complete peace of mind.