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.