Periodical payments- A better deal for claimants and a high cost for defendants?

MR NICK MARTIN

The Nestor Partnership

15th October

Oxford University Press

The issues relating to periodical payments for successful Claimants in personal injury and medical negligence cases have recently been crystallised by the Courts.

But what are the practical implications for Claimants and the NHS?

Nick is the Managing Partner of Nestor Partnership LLP, a firm of fee-based Independent Financial Advisers. Nick specialises in providing advice to claimants and defendants in personal injury and clinical negligence related cases and he has provided expert witness reports in over 140 cases during the last 8 years, with damages totalling £230 million. Nick regularly provides seminars to the legal profession including: The Law Society, APIL, AVMA and MBL Seminars Ltd. He has been approved by the Court of Protection as a Financial Adviser on 40+ Court of Protection Patient investment cases and also has experience in dealing with complex Trust cases, whereby the protection of State Support is of paramount importance. As a consequence of his vast experience, he is also able to provide insight on how periodical payment orders will impact on the NHS and the attitude of the NHS towards them.

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