Largest Compensation Payment Ever in the UK for Car Accident Injury

The High Court in London has awarded what is thought to be the largest personal injury compensation package ever awarded in the UK to Chrissie Johnson, now aged 20.  The award was for severe injuries, including brain damage, that occurred in an traffic accident in November 2006, when she was a passenger collided with a lorry on the Epping Road, near Ongar, England.

The family has already received a payment £2.5 million, with another lump sum of £4 to be paid immediately.  However, the the most notable element of the award is taxfree payments of £300,000-a-year to cover the costs of providing care for as long as the victim lives.

The total value of the compensation package has been estimated at  £17 million.

Such as system of annual payments is under investigation in Ireland.