Criminal Injury

Compensation is only paid by the Criminal injury Compensation board to the victims of crime in the circumstance that the actual victim has been physically or mentally injured, due to the crime that has been perpetrated or caused to the individual, for example following assault offences or criminal injury. 

The rule is that the actual incident must have taken place in England for us to be able to look at possible compensation in cases of this type.  It is not the case you need a criminal Defence lawyer to help you with your case or like in usual personal injury type cases where both sides argue over how much the actual claim is worth. It is the criminal Injuries compensation board whom make and set down the rules for criminal injury claims. 

There are actually 25, (twenty five) levels of compensation paid out for and to criminal injury victims and these are worth between £1000.00 to £250,000.00.  Although the total maximum amount payable to any victim is £500,000.00.

Criminal injury and criminal injury compensation are very hot topics; certainly the types of incidents that occur are many and wide ranging. It is more than likely if you have suffered a genuine attack; say in assault type offences, you will be able to make a claim if you fulfil the categories.

Our specialist criminal injury Solicitors will be able to help you and give you the right direction to follow so you get the right criminal injury compensation under the right criminal injury Solicitors at www.compensationlawyers.com.

There are very clear guidelines to ascertain as to whether you have a realistic chance of making a criminal injury claim, which qualifies one for compensation from the criminal injuries compensation system.

When looking to pursue a claim for criminal injury compensation you should look at the following guidelines, but having the right advice from the outset, from a specialist criminal injury Solicitors is the best way of working out your chances of success.

To make a claim you must;

• Have been assaulted or injured in a way which is covered by the system or scheme and as a result have suffered physical or mental type injury.
  
• Have suffered the injury in the UK i.e. in England, Scotland or Wales at the time when you received the injury
  
• Have been injured with enough severity which will qualify you for at least the lowest compensation award which is available.
  
• Be in receipt of fully documented and logged medical attention for the injuries sustained.
  
• At the time was a dependant or a relative of a person that died following or due to the crime.
  
• The Police knew about the incident within 48 hours, immediacy is best here.
  
• Actually put in your application for an award within 2 years of the incident. If you want to discuss the possibility of pursuing a criminal injuries compensation case please call us at www.compensationlawyers.com today.