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very good chance that you'll be entitled to make a criminal
injury compensation claim
under the Criminal Injuries
Compensation Scheme.



CICA - Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority



Great Britain has in place the oldest compensation scheme for
people who suffer criminal injuries as victims of crimes, with
the first version having been introduced in 1964. Based along
the lines of a href="http://www.100percent-compensation.co.uk">personal injury
compensation claim, the CICA compensates victims of violent
crime who have suffered any:



* injury, whether that be physical or mental, as a result of
being the victim of a violent crime



* possible loss of earnings that the victim may endure as a
result of such criminal injury



* bereavement suffered as a result of a loved one having died as
the victim of a violent crime.



Since 1996 the CICA has adopted a fixed tariff criminal injury
compensation scheme as set out by parliament in the Criminal
Injuries Compensation Act 1995 for those who are entitled to
make a criminal injury claim.



Making A Compensation Claim



If you plan to make a claim to the CICA for criminal injury
compensation, then you'll need to show that you have suffered
either physical or mental harm as a result of having been the
victim of the violent crime in question.



Note that you need to show that a crime took place, you do not
need to show that a conviction resulted from the crime you are


claiming took place.



If you have grounds to believe that you have a href="http://www.100percent-compensation.co.uk">criminal injury
claim
, you can obtain a compensation form from a
personal injury solicitor, which you then need to compete and
return.



The CICA then acknowledges receipt of your form and should
process the claim. Keep in mind that this can be a lengthy
process and can take anywhere up to 18 months after you have
submitted the criminal injury compensation claim.



Also, as the scheme is for victims of violent crimes, the
minimum compensation payable under the scheme is £1,000 and the
maximum amount of compensation is £250,000.



Moreover, keep in mind that if you have made a claim for
compensation under the scheme and are not satisfied with the
initial compensation awarded for the criminal injury you
suffered, you are entitled to submit a request to have a review
of your criminal injury claim within 90 days of your original
award being made.



If you still don't like the award after this review process has
been completed, then you can appeal your criminal injury
compensation claim to the Panel of the CICA within 30 days of
the outcome of the appeal process. If the Panel of the CICA
award still does not satisfy you, you then have the right to
appeal your claim to the High Court.



Are There Any Alternatives?



If you have been the unfortunate victim of a crime, you should
speak to a href="http://www.100percent-compensation.co.uk">criminal injury


solicitor as soon as you can following the event. In
part this is because the criminal injury compensation scheme is
only for those who are the victims of a violent crime.



On the other part, you need to make sure you do this so that you
can get the advice from your criminal injury solicitor as to any
alterative compensation you may want to seek.



Any alternative compensation claim you do instigate will be
based on a civil action for personal injury. As a href="http://www.100percent-compensation.co.uk">personal injury
claim can be expensive, if you believe you may have a case
for personal injury compensation but do not have the funds to
pay a costly solicitor, you should talk with a no win no fee
solicitor to see if there is any chance they will represent you
in your claim.



And Finally...



Finally, as well as being the oldest criminal injury
compensation authority in the world, with over 80,000 cases a
year paying £200 million in compensation, the CICA is also one
of the highest rewarding criminal injury claim boards in the
world.



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