There are exceptions which a CICA solicitor can explain. They want to see you really are a blameless victim of crime. If there was an argument and you ended up worse off, the CICA may well decide you are not blameless and refuse to pay compensation. Once the CICA accept your injuries were not your fault, they consider what injuries the assault has caused. This is the stage most people thing they are at, when looking to see how much compensation they will be entitled to.
Unfortunately there are injuries which the CICA no longer award compensation for. They will not pay for black eyes, or split lips, or even a fractured ring finger. Whereas they will pay compensation for a fractured index finger. Before they offer you compensation for an assault, they will do a police check to make sure you do not have any criminal convictions.
If you do they can reduce the amount they will pay or even refuse to pay you at all. Once you have passed all these stages, the CICA will make an offer for compensation for assault. However just because they make an offer does not mean it is correct.
As CICA solicitors we check many offers of compensation every year. The information contained in this web site is for general information only and should not be construed as formal legal advice. But sometimes, the cause of the injury is intentional rather than accidental.
Such is the case claiming compensation for assault. How much compensation will I get for assault? Unfortunately, assaults and unwarranted physical attacks occur all too frequently in the UK. There are thousands of criminal assaults in the UK every year. They can include unprovoked attacks by a stranger, assaults by a spouse or family member, sexual assault, assault in prison, threatening behaviour, aggravated assault, assault with a deadly weapon and so on.
Broadly speaking, assault is defined as any form of physical attack or threat to harm another person. Of course, the degree of harm or injury suffered by the victim varies immensely in the different cases that we deal with. Every case is unique. Sometimes the injuries suffered can be life-changing, with huge effects on physical health for years to come.
In other cases, the effects are of a purely psychological nature, for example, with bullying. Nevertheless, even mental trauma can be severely debilitating, and the effects can continue for years after the actual assault events took place. Anyone who has been the victim of a bully can tell you this. Many people fail to seek compensation following an assault, and the reason is often trauma — for example, following a sexual assault or a violent mugging, people often want to forget about the traumatic event — the last thing that they want to do is to re-live it once more by explaining the details to a stranger.
We will support and guide you through every step of the process. In either case, a claim for compensation can still be made. In the UK, there is a government-funded body called the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority , which has a duty to provide compensation to the victims of crime, whether or not the perpetrator has been apprehended and charged with any crime.
An assault can comprise any one of a large number of violent attacks without provocation. Indeed, the damage and harm could be significant, perhaps even life-changing, to the victim.
The service we offer victims of assault begins with a completely free consultation. When you contact us, we will arrange a consultation with a legal expert at a time to suit you, with no obligation and completely free of charge.
The purpose of this consultation is to establish the key facts about the assault to give you the best legal advice possible. Within a single consultation, we aim to give you a clear indication of whether you have a valid compensation claim. We understand that as a victim of assault, you are likely to be traumatised and that answering our questions may be a stressful event. We have a great deal of professional experience in dealing with assault victims, and so we streamline our consultation process to minimise any stress.
Once you have given us all of the information we need, we will advise you on proceeding. For most people, this means that we are likely to offer to represent them on a conditional fee basis, better known as No Win No Fee. Only if we are successful in our claim against the perpetrator, you will be required to pay us part of the compensation sum awarded by the court. One thing to note is that how much you may receive in the way of damages and how long your claim may take is hard to determine without all of the key facts because every assault claim is different, depending on the circumstances.
However, based on historical cases, we can provide a guide to how much you might receive — see our Compensation for Assault Calculator for more details. This is providing that your injury or abuse type is recognised by the CICA, however. Please also note that the crime must have been in the last 2 years for you to be able to make legal proceedings for it.
This is because all criminal injury claims have a limitation period within which claimants could be eligible for compensation. However, some exceptions can apply, for cases involving historic abuse, for example. See how much you could claim for your injuries in a few minutes using our simple online calculator. To use our calculator, please visit our Personal Injury Compensation Calculator. We understand that starting the compensation claim process is never going to be an easy thing to do.
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