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When you have been the vicitim personal injury crime of an act of crime or violence, you may well be able to claim compensation. The offender doesn't have to have been caught and prosecuted for you personally to claim for compensation, you are often entitled to compensation if: If the crime happened within the last 2 years. But cases of abuse may be considered over this time around period. You have been injured physically, mentally or psychologically as a consequence of a violent crime. If a person in you immediate family has died due to a violent crime, as an example your partner, parent, wife or daughter or son. If you were a witness to a violent crime and later suffered psychological injury and had to receive counselling. Physical and/or psychological injuries are graded according to their severity. Relatively minor injuries, such as for example scratches, cuts and bruises wont qualify for an award.

Nevertheless, if your vicitim personal injury crime has suffered a variety of minor injuries resulting in numerous visits to see their GP or a medical establishment, received treatment and the injury has lasted more than six week, they might be entitled to claim compensation. Every case is significantly diffent. In England Scotland and Wales, the minimum quantity of compensation you could are expectant of to receive will be £1, 000, moderate to severe injuries can be up to £500, 000 compensation, determined by the severity of the injury/injuries sustained.