Personal injury claim - RTA - for a minor

[Greenmantle]

A friend of mine is pursuing a personal injury claim for his daughter (six) when they were both involved in a car accident. They were rear ended and their car was deemed not financially worth repairing even though the airbags didn't fire.

He says that he has to take his daughter to court so that a barrister can decide on the level of compensation. Since the accident was over a year ago I cannot understand what can be gained by dragging the child in to court.

Is there anyway that this can be avoided. I said to him that its not worth it and he should drop the claim but he needs the money and says that it could be £2k.

Any information gladly received. Thanks.
John

[Greenmantle]

Thanks for the quick replies.
Obviously waiting from 6 till 18 is a long time.
Could my friend ask for the money be paid on his daughters current school fees?
She attends private school.

Thanks again
John

[Greenmantle]

Thanks for all your sensible replies.
I'll ignore the responses from those self righteous hypocrites who will turn down free money.
You can say the current compensation culture today is a bad thing and I would agree but its a current fact of life just like the fact that many people today live well beyond their means. I gladly wait for the first sinless person to re-cast their stone.

John