Sometimes a person is not the victim of an accident but an innocent victim of a violent crime. If you were an innocent victim of a violent crime and have sustained personal injury as a result, then you may be entitled to make a claim for compensation. The Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA) is a government organisation that can pay money to people who have been physically or mentally injured because they were the innocent victim of a violent crime.
The scheme may pay compensation even if the offender is not convicted of the crime causing your injury and even if the offender is not identified or caught.
Most CICA personal injury claims must be made within 2 years from the date of the incident, although the CICA do sometimes accept personal injury claims after this deadline. Also, the act of violence must have occurred in England, Scotland or Wales. Also, the offender does not necessarily had to have been convicted of, or even charged with a crime.
If you have made your own application to the CICA and have been refused, then we may be able to help you with your appeal.
The injury lawyers at Sunrise Solicitors are exprt in dealing with criminal injury compensation claims. The quality of work of our injury lawyers is self-evident from the clients' reviews. You can contact us if you are seeking legal help from injury lawyers in London in relation to your criminal injury compensation claim. Our injury lawyers act for clients from all over the country and we will instruct medical experts local to you. Our injury lawyers will provide a fast, friendly, reliable and professional personal injury claim service.
If you instruct us with respect to your criminal injury compensation claim then we will do the following casework for you:
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Our personal injury lawyers will discuss your criminal injury compensation claim with you and advise you about the relevant legal issues in relation to your claim for compensation;
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Our injury lawyers will assess your criminal injury claim and advise you about the merits of your injury claim;
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Our personal injury lawyers will arrange legal insurance for you, if needed;
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Our personal injury solicitors will explain the procedure of making a criminal injury compensation claim and guide you through the entire process;
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Our injury lawyers will liaise with the Defendant, their insurers and solicitors for the entire duration of your criminal injury claim;
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Our personal injury solicitors will actively progress your criminal injury compensation claim and keep you informed of the progress at each stage of your criminal injury compensation claim;
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Our personal injury solicitors do not deduct any money from your damages as we recover our costs from the Defendant.
You are entitled to make a compensation claim for criminal injury if you meet the following criteria:
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The personal injury was sustained within the last three years
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The accident that caused work injury was not due to your fault
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You received medical attention for your criminal injury
Claim Online for your criminal injury
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