Criminal Assault Claims

Violent muggings, sexual assault, unprovoked attacks and many more incidents like these happen in the UK every year. It can happen in a club, a bar, at a concert or even an event. You maybe eligible for compensation if you have been a victim of a criminal assault and were injured as a result.

In cases where the attacker is not caught or if has no means to pay the victim for their injury. It is possible to make an application for personal injury claim to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authorities (CICA).

The scheme has few guidelines for financial awards which are as follows:

• To recognise injuries, physical and mental, due to criminal assault
• To obtain compensation for past or future lost earnings
• To obtain compensation for bereavement as a result of a criminal assault
• Criminal assault claim applications must be lodged within two years of your assault, although this is discretionary and often waived
• Criminal assault should have reported to the police and fully co-operated with them

The criminal injury compensation award payment is calculated by a tariff scheme in bands, with the minimum award being £1,000, going up to £250,000

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