In this issue, we hear how a client maximised their personal injury award through the use of a Personal Injury Trust. Our Welfare Benefits Advisor, Phil Runciman examines the implications surrounding the government’s welfare reforms and we also take a look at the impact fixed fees will have upon the clinical negligence arena.
Continue ReadingHeadway Preston & Chorley Newsletter Edition 14
The latest edition of the Preston & Chorley Headway Newsletter is available to download here – Edition 14
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Nestor director and compliance officer Jennifer Stone outlines the company’s systems and values and how it delivers its promises to clients.
Continue ReadingPersonal Injury Newsletter – Spring 2015
Welcome to Nestor’s Personal Injury Newsletter. In this issue, Alex Elphinston, Senior Associate, Anthony Collins Solicitors, discusses the relationship between religion and mental capacity. Kate Oliver, Chief Executive and Cost Law Specialist, The John M Hayes Partnership, takes us through the concept of “fundamental dishonesty”. We also take a look at our latest charity work […]
Continue Reading10 Years the Wiser
2015 marks Nestor’s 10th anniversary. Andrew Sands reflects on the changes to damages awards in personal injury and clinical negligence cases over the past decade, and explains why advice from the right Independent Financial Adviser (IFA) can prevent the hard work of litigation from being undone. Nearly a decade has passed since personal injury and […]
Continue ReadingSpring 2015 – News Headlines
CPR Amendment for Infant Awards Following an APIL-led initiative, solicitors will now be able to recover the success fee and after-the-event insurance premium from infant awards after the Civil Procedure Rule Committee (CPRC) approved amended rules. During 2014, anecdotal evidence emerged from solicitors indicating that District Judges had an inconsistent approach as to whether to […]
Continue ReadingPersonal Injury Newsletter – Winter 2014
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 […]
Continue ReadingPersonal Injury Newsletter – Summer 2014
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 […]
Continue ReadingWhat If the discount rate stays the same?
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, […]
Continue ReadingProtecting your P.I. Award
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 […]
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