Personal injury trusts are recommended when a person has or is about to receive compensation following an accident or injury claim. If compensation funds are placed in a personal injury trust they can still be accessed via a bank account but will not count as capital for the purpose of means testing for certain state benefits and certain kinds of statutory funding. Even if the person is not currently receiving state benefit or statutory funding and has no expectation of doing so in the immediate future, a trust will provide shielding for as long as it is in existence and will mean that the funds in it remain protected. We can draft personal injury trusts and advise and assist with the opening of a trust bank account. We can also act as professional trustee.