Procedure Follow By Solicitor Firm To Help Victim In Their Compensation For Victims Of Crime

Compensation for innocent victims of violent crime is available under the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme and a firm of specialist CICA claim solicitors will be best placed to assist you in applying for compensation under this scheme.

In England, Wales and Scotland, those who have been injured during a crime of violence are entitled to apply for compensation under the government run organisation known as the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme. The Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme is administered by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority and this organisation has the power to make compensation awards ranging from £1000-£500,000. If you would like to receive compensation for victims of violent crime from the CICA, it is important you consult a firm of specialist solicitors that deal with cases of this nature.

Financial awards are made by the CICA in order to provide a form of recognition to the victim for the physical and/or mental injuries that they sustained during a criminal act of violence. Under certain circumstances, the CICA will award compensation for victims of crime who have encountered financial losses as a consequence of the injuries they sustained but, if you would like to access this element of a compensation award successfully, you need to speak to specialist CICA claims solicitors.

A number of changes that were made to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme starting with the changes to the levels of compensation available - this change was made by Parliament in April 1996. Now, the amount of compensation that a victim is entitled to claim for their criminal injuries is determined by a scale, sometimes called a tariff, of injuries. On the tariff of injuries there are descriptions of over 400 different types of injury each attached to 25 different levels of compensation depending on the severity of the injury.

If you would like to find out how much compensation you could be eligible to claim for your injuries, you need to speak to specialist victims of crime solicitors as soon as possible. Changes were made to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme in November 2008 which have affected the time limit for submitting a claim. Under the new rules relating to claiming compensation from the CICA, the time limit is still two years for an application to be lodged but there have been changes to the extension of this time limit.

It is now more difficult for a potential claimant to initiate a claim for criminal injury compensation beyond the two year time scale due to the fact that the test to qualify for an extension has been changed and is now much stricter. Those who are looking to claim compensation for victims of crime should consult a successful firm of solicitors if they would like to receive an amount of compensation that accurately reflects their injuries and the financial losses.

Another change was implemented recently in the type of injuries that compensation is awarded for. Following these changes, a victim can now only claim compensation for injuries that meet the minimum £1000 award on the tariff of injuries set by Parliament. Now, a victim cannot claim compensation if they suffered a single minor injury or injuries that do not qualify for the minimum award of £1000.

Assault Claim Experts is an extremely reputable firm of personal injury solicitors that specialises in the field of assisting victims of violent crime.