Claiming Compensation for Criminal Injury

You can make personal criminal-injury claims either at court or claim compensation from the CICA-Criminal-Injuries-Compensation-Authority.

The court may order a convicted person to pay up compensation for personal injury, damage or loss suffered by you as a result of criminal offense done by him. However application for such a claim must be filed by your attorney and not directly by you. Hence the attorney should be given full information about the about injuries suffered by you. The court takes the responsibility for ensuring that the offender pays up the compensation, the maximum limit of the compensation being 5000 pounds.

The other source of compensation for criminal injuries namely the CICA will recompense you/relatives of victims who lost their life due to the injuries, only if the crime was committed in UK and was violent or trespass in the railway or for assisting the police after commission of the crime. CICA does not cover road accidents.

The amount of compensation awarded by CICA varies with the seriousness of the injury suffered. The minimum compensation is 1000 pounds. It may be awarded for minor sexual-assault or chipped tooth. Claims above 1000 pounds may be entertained if injuries suffered are minor but multiple in numbers. For very severe brain damage 1000-250,000 pounds may be awarded as damages.