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Criminal Injury Compensation

Criminal injuries are dealt with in a different way to the majority of personal injury claims. This is because there is a central government organisation billed with the task of sorting out the claims of those who have suffered as the victim of criminal assault, meaning the rules on how much can be claimed are far more stringent.

We can assist you through the process of making a claim for criminal injury compensation. Our aim is to simplify the often complex legal procedures involved in making a claim, ensuring you feel supported from the moment you call, until the moment you receive your cheque.Claim Compensation Now.

Criminal Assault Compensation Claims

It is possible to claim criminal assault compensation if you have been injured in an act of violence that was not instigated by you. This could be a direct action towards you, for example, being punched, kicked or even stabbed. It could also include any injuries you sustain by ending up in the wrong place at the wrong time, i.e. if you come across a violent incident and end up becoming injured indirectly.

It is not possible however to make a criminal injury compensation claim for a small cut or scratch that was caused by someone else. To qualify for compensation of this type the injuries caused have to be at least to the damage of £1,000. This is because compensation awarded by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA) is based on a tariff system, with £1,000 being the lowest, ranging up to £250,000 at the highest severity of injuries.

Criminal assault compensation claims by the CICA are usually nonnegotiable. Unlike insurers’, the organisation is designed specifically to award specific amounts to people based on their injuries. Although they are willing to do this if enough relevant evidence is presented to them, they will not usually budge on amounts involved, or take in to consideration circumstances such as future loss of earnings or other related expenses.

Make a criminal assault compensation claim now with our simple online compensation form.

Criminal Injury Compensation Solicitors

We have a team of dedicated criminal injury compensation solicitors available to assist you through the process of making a claim to the CICA. Although it is not actually necessary to use a solicitor as such to commence a claim this way, at PIC Claim we thoroughly recommend that it is an option you seriously consider.

This is because with years of experience in the industry, our solicitors are experts when it comes to taking the right steps through the criminal injury compensation claim process. With numerous, complicated forms to fill in, the advice of a qualified legal expert to complete such documents can maximise your potential for a payout, and increase the amount you are likely to receive substantially.

As the CICA deals with claims where the third party is not being made liable for the payout to you, your solicitor cannot claim their legal costs back from the person at fault. Therefore in the majority of cases your criminal injury compensation solicitor will look at taking a cut of the damages awarded to you. At around 25% on average, this figure will be agreed with you prior to the commencement of your claim.

However, this fact should not put you off using a solicitor for your criminal injury compensation claim. The many people who have gone through us after being a victim of criminal assault would agree that the benefit of doing so was the increased security in the knowledge that they were far more likely to receive a payout, and that the amount of this would be much greater than if they were to go it alone.

Contact us if you would like to know more about making a criminal injury compensation claim, by calling 08000 93 33 93, or completing an Online Contact Form.

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Criminal Injuries News

Victim of Assault Denied Criminal Injury Compensation
22 June 2010

A young victim of assault has been denied criminal injury compensation for his ordeal. Matthew Robinson was the victim of an attack in Leek, Staffordshire. The 21 year old reported to The Sentinel newspaper that his attacker took exception to him socialising with his ex-girlfriend. He was pushed to ...

Man Jailed After Setting Himself Alight and Claiming he was Kidnapped
16 June 2010

A man who accidentally set himself alight before claiming he was kidnapped has been jailed at Manchester Crown Court. Stephen Thornley reported to Police that he had been kidnapped in the back of a Ford Transit van by masked criminals. They then he said proceeded to douse him in petrol before settin...

Rise in Criminal Assault Compensation Claims Sparks Calls for Plastic Glasses
14 June 2010

A rise in criminal assault compensation claims from people who have been attacked by glass in pubs and bars has sparked calls for plastic glass use to become widespread. New figures released by the Scottish Liberal Democrats reveal that £225,000 was paid last year to victims of glass attacks. The m...

Criminal Assault – Yorkshire
9 September 2009

The family of a great grandmother beaten close to death in a horrific assault by a drug addict have spoken of their shock at the attacker’s early release from prison. Emma Bastow, 89, prided herself on her independence until she was beaten senseless with a heavy poker in her own home by Joann...