A Personal Injury Trust can be created when someone has received compensation as a result of a Personal Injury which they suffered.

The idea behind such a trust is to try and preserve any benefits which the injured party may be entitled to that are means tested and that would otherwise be lost if the injured party received all their compensation outright.

If the recipient of the Personal Injury award puts the compensation into a Personal Injury Trust then they are not deemed as owning these monies and therefore their benefits should remain unaffected.

However, a Personal Injury Trust is a very specialised type of trust and there are various time limits and procedures to follow in order to set one up.

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What other types of trust are available?

There are numerous types of trust available, the most common types are: