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6moThis is such an important message: ‘’Compensation is not a windfall. Every penny paid to people with catastrophic life-changing injuries is needed for care, support, and living costs, often for the rest of their lives,” As claimant solicitors we have to challenge this erroneous (but sadly widely held) perception that compensation is some kind of windfall at every opportunity.