News Category: Personal Injury News

Welcome to Nestor’s Personal Injury Newsletter, Summer 2014 In this issue, we explore the potential impact on Claimants of the Parliamentary Committee inquiry into Benefit Sanctions. There’s also a full report of the Nestor/Kings Chambers Brain Injury Conference 2014 including highlights from key speakers in medicine, law and finance. Guest speaker and Child Brain Injury […]

Welcome to Nestor’s Personal Injury Newsletter, Summer 2014 In this issue, we explain important changes to the Employment and Support Allowance that allows claimants to appeal against DWP decisions. In Helping The Heroes, there’s an overview of the challenges of ensuring that injured servicemen and women get access to expert financial advice to manage compensation […]

We provide food for thought on the possible outcomes of the Consultation process, bearing in mind the last round of questions from the Ministry of Justice. The foregone conclusion rhetoric as regards a reduction in the rate based on the reality of Index Linked Government Stock (ILGS) returns and the insurer-frightening Helmot v Simon case, […]

Pitfalls and safeguards on how best to protect a personal injury award in divorce The Family Court has always seen it as within their remit to decide whether or not a personal injury award is part of the matrimonial pot and, if so, divide it as they see fit in the interest of fairness. Notably, the […]

Personal Independence Payments (PIP) replaces DLA for working-age claimants. The new benefit will be more difficult to qualify for and will include a new face-to-face assessment and regular reviews to assess continuing entitlement. The re-assessment of existing claimants started on 28 October 2013 with a phased geographical introduction in Wales, East Midlands, West Midlands and East […]

What is involved in setting an investment strategy aimed at ensuring that lump sum awards of damages last as intended? It is not entirely straightforward, given that investment returns can be limited by various factors, which do not feature within the assumptions made by the discount rate. Periodical payments revisited We have written extensively in […]

Welcome to Nestor’s Personal Injury Newsletter, Winter 2013 In this issue, we launch our Personal Independence Payment fact sheet and guide to the implementation of this new benefit programme as Personal Independence Payment rolls out. We also look at how judges are defining the responsibilities of Attorneys and Deputies under the LPA in “Attorney and Deputy Beware”! […]

Welcome to Nestor’s Personal Injury Newsletter, Summer 2013 In this edition, we explore the variables of setting investment strategies for lump sum awards in “Managing Damages Awards Post Settlement”. Our State Benefits expert summarises the Government’s new Personal Independence Payment – an essential update for personal injury lawyers. Sam Hall of JMW Solicitors, Manchester explains how best […]

Welcome to our winter 2012 edition. This time, the format is slightly different in that we have two guest contributors, to whom we are most grateful. As usual, your feedback is welcome. First, clinical negligence and personal injury specialist, Nigel Poole QC of Kings Chambers, Manchester, discusses how an apparently little used rule might assist terminally […]

Welcome to our spring 2012 edition. Regular readers will be aware that we’ve often banged the drum about how periodical payments provide outstanding value, in addition to peace of mind. In this issue, we focus on the case of Morton v Portal, which appears to support our view that periodical payments should be considered in […]