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personal injury trusts and benefits...

if you have money in one of these, how does it affect benefits?

and what benefits exactly?


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  • rogerblack
    rogerblack Posts: 9,446 Forumite
    if you have money in one of these, how does it affect benefits?

    and what benefits exactly?
    .

    If, and only if it's been setup correctly, with the money never entering your hands, it generally doesn't affect any benefits at all.

    If you have had access to the money at any point before it's gone into the trust, you may be treated as if you still had it.
  • rogerblack wrote: »
    If, and only if it's been setup correctly, with the money never entering your hands, it generally doesn't affect any benefits at all.

    If you have had access to the money at any point before it's gone into the trust, you may be treated as if you still had it.


    thanks innit.
  • Lady_gaga
    Lady_gaga Posts: 1,219 Forumite
    thanks innit.


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