Criminal Injuries Compensation Agency meaning

In legal practice, “Criminal Injuries Compensation Agency” is an informal label for the public body that processes state compensation claims by victims of violent crime. It is not a current statutory title. In Great Britain (England & Wales and Scotland) the responsible body is the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA), which applies the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme 2012 made under the Criminal Injuries Compensation Act 1995. In Northern Ireland, claims are administered by Compensation Services (Department of Justice) under the Northern Ireland Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme 2009. In Ireland, the Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal administers the State’s ex gratia Scheme for Compensation for Personal Injuries Criminally Inflicted. Across these schemes, common features include eligibility requirements (timely police reporting, residence/connection and cooperation), tariff-based awards for qualifying violent offences, provision for physical and psychiatric injury (including sexual offences), fatal awards, limited loss of earnings and special expenses, and reductions for unspent convictions or contributory conduct. Typical procedure involves an application with supporting evidence, a decision, internal review, and appeal (to the First-tier Tribunal in Great Britain; to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Appeals Panel in Northern Ireland; Tribunal review and judicial review in Ireland). Practitioners use the term when advising victims on entitlement, evidential needs,...