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Injury

Our solicitors deal with criminal injury board compensation claims using the risk free no win no fee scheme. We guarantee that if your application is refused, you will not have to pay one penny. Our claims are absolutely risk free and if you decide not to proceed after an initial consultation, you may walk away and incur no expense. The criminal injury board does not pay legal expenses and if the claim is successful, legal expenses are deducted from the final award.

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London Glasgow & Belfast

Victims of violent crime can apply for compensation to the criminal injury board. Damages can be awarded to cover mental anguish, physical trauma and certain resulting financial losses. If you are the innocent victim of a violent attack and suffered an injury as a result, even if your attacker is not convicted or is not caught, you can still make a compensation claim. Over £200,000,000 is paid out every year by the criminal injury board which has offices in London and Glasgow. Northern Ireland has a similar scheme which is administered from Belfast offices.

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Tariff Scheme

The criminal injury board decides the value of damages to be paid using a `tariff scheme'. Individual values are pre-calculated for all potential injuries, ranging between £1,000 and £250,000. The three most serious injuries are used to determine the value of the award. Percentage discounts are applied to the two lesser injuries prior to adding all three values together to calculate the final award. The maximum amount payable for personal injury is £250,000. Resultant financial losses can be awarded up to £250,000. The total maximum award is £500,000.

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Internal Re-consideration

During the course of consideration of an application for compensation there are many decisions taken by criminal injury board officials and these decisions do not always satisfy the applicant. In almost all cases when a decision is notified, the applicant has the right to ask for internal re-consideration of the decision. In most cases the original decision is upheld which leaves the applicant with little other alternative than to accept or take the disputed matter to appeal.

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Appeal Panel

Claims may be rejected, in which case you can launch the appeal process. You may also appeal if you deem that the final award is inadequate. Appeals are administered by an independent Appeals Panel. The result of the appeal may result in the Appeals Panel agreeing with the original decision or they may offer an alternative award. The decision of the Appeal Panel is binding on all parties.