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The management of catastrophic injury claims is highly complex. They involve detailed care and rehabilitation regimes, important decisions on accommodation, sophisticated case management, technical procedural matters often involving the Court of Protection, significant use of expert evidence in multiple disciplines, difficult issues on life expectancy and complicated settlement and financial structures including periodical payment orders.

Fatal accident litigation presents lawyers with legal, evidential and practical problems that are distinct from those encountered in non-fatal personal injury claims. Who is entitled to bring a claim? Who falls within the statutory definition of a dependant? What financial and services dependency has been lost - and how should that loss be calculated? How should the lawyer deal with the inquest, the estate and the needs of a recently bereaved family?