Financial security after personal injury

We were recently brought in to assist a solicitor who was acting in a personal injury claim. The case involved an employee of a steel company, let's call him John Smith, a man in his 30s. While driving his forklift truck, he was involved in an accident in which a considerable amount of steel fell on him from a height. This caused such grave and permanent injury that he will be in constant pain for the rest of his life. Liability was not difficult to prove; the issue was the amount of damages that would be proportionate to the extent of his injury. These were finally agreed at £300,000...