This webinar looks at the remedies available when someone has died as a result of a violent act. What steps can be taken by the dependants and the estate to obtain damages?
It looks at the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme in detail including:
- Why practitioners need to be aware of the scheme
- The limitation periods
- How the scheme works
- Those eligible to make a claim
- The bereavement damages award
- Loss of dependency claims
- Calculation of loss of dependency
- Loss of a parents’ services
- When a second award can be made
- When a victim dies before the award but not as a result of the criminal act
There is a comprehensive review of the case law in which the fatal claims under the CICA have been considered in the courts.
It then looks at the options for bringing a civil claim:
- Is there a party worth suing?
- How can a claim be brought
- Particular issues in claims arising from victims of crime
- The overlap between a CICA claim and a civil claim – the possibility of having to repay the CICA.
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