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PRACTICE NOTES
This Practice Note reviews the amended 2012 Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme, which took effect on 13 June 2019. It sets out the tariff-based approach to valuing injuries, together with provisions on loss of earnings, care-related expenses, fatal accident claims, and the scheme’s maximum award available. See also Practice Note: Claims for compensation to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme.
The tariff system—the injury award
A fixed schedule of awards is available to victims of criminal injury, from £1,000 up to £250,000. The schedule covers all categories of harm, including physical injury, psychological trauma, child loss, sexual abuse or assault, and contraction of life‑threatening diseases. Annex E (Part A) addresses physical and mental health injury, while Part B deals with sexual and physical abuse and other payments. Under this tariff framework, the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA) sets compensation based on medical evidence. The applicant bears the
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PRACTICE NOTES
This practice note reviews the amended 2012 Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme, which took effect on 13 June 2019.
The amended 2012 Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme
While a person harmed by crime may pursue a civil action for personal injury damages against the assailant, such proceedings are only truly practical if the intended defendant can satisfy any judgment. This is because enforcement depends on the defendant’s ability to meet any award in full, if at all. A civil route might also be viable where an employer could be vicariously liable, or a public authority might bear responsibility. A victim of a violent offence can, alternatively, seek an award through the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme.
Various criminal injuries compensation schemes have been established to compensate those who have suffered injury. The latest and operative scheme is the amended 2012 scheme, implemented on 13 June 2019. Its
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PRACTICE NOTES
This Practice Note reviews the revised 2012 Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme, which officially took effect on 13 June 2019.
Reasons for reviewing the decision
If a crime victim is unhappy with the initial outcome from the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA), whether no award was granted or the sum awarded seems inadequate, they may request that the decision be reconsidered by making an application for review. Be aware there is no assurance that reviewing a CICA decision will lead to a higher award, and the process might conclude with a decision that is less favourable to the applicant.
Time limits
Where an applicant intends to challenge a CICA decision, the review application must be dispatched so that it reaches the Authority within 56 days of the date on the written notice of the decision. Ensuring confirmed receipt within the stated period is essential for
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PRACTICE NOTES
This Practice Note reviews the amended 2012 Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme, which took effect on 13 June 2019. Although the Scheme has been the subject of several consultations, no substantial changes have been made.
Time periods for lodging the application
From the date of the incident, a claimant has a two-year window in which to submit an application for compensation.
The onus lies with the applicant to demonstrate they have not failed to meet a reasonable expectation that a claim would be pursued promptly...
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