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Injury

If you have a criminal injury board claim then let our experts deal with it. Our lawyers are specialists and are all members of the Law Society panel of personal injury experts which is only open to those solicitors who have proven ability. We operate a no win no fee policy, so if your claim is refused you will not have to pay a penny. You will not be charged for the costs of making the claim as it is pursued and there is no need to purchase insurance or pay for medical reports. Our clients never pay any charges unless the claim is settled successfully. Our claims are absolutely risk free and if you decide not to follow the claim after an initial consultation then you may walk away and incur no expense.

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

The 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 £25,000. The injuries are then split into tariff bands across this range. The three most serious injuries are used to determine the value of the award. Discounts are applied to the second and third least serious injuries as a percentage, as opposed to adding all the values together to create a lump sum. £250,000 is the maximum amount payable for mental and physical anguish. Financial losses resulting from your injury and can be awarded up to £250,000. In total for a very serious case, the maximum value awarded as damages could reach £500,000.

During the course of consideration of an application for compensation there are many decisions taken by the officials and these decisions do not always satisfy the applicant. In almost all cases when a decision is notified to the applicant including interim and final decisions the applicant has the right to ask for re-consideration of the decision within the the Criminal Injury Board who review the decision and notify the applicant after their considerations. 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 the independent Appeals Tribunal.

Claims may be rejected, in which case you can launch an appeal process. You may also appeal if you deem that the value awarded 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.