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52979 (10 February 2023)
From Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme
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The Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal
In the matter of an application under the Scheme of Compensation for Personal Injuries Criminally Inflicted
Decision of a Single Member
Name of applicant: [ ]
Application number: 52979
Date of incident: [ ]
Date of application: [ ]
Decision outcome: No award.
1. [ ] (‘the Applicant’) has made a claim for compensation under the Scheme of Compensation for Personal Injuries Criminally Inflicted (‘the Scheme’).
2. In his application for compensation under the Scheme, received by the Tribunal on the [ ], the Applicant states that he suffered injuries by virtue of a criminal incident which occurred on the [ ] at [ ].
3. The circumstances of the incident are outlined upon the Applicant’s Application Form.
4. Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal established under paragraph 17 of the Scheme the Tribunal “may pay ex gratia compensation in respect of personal injury where the injury is directly attributable to a crime of violence, or, as provided for in paragraph 4, to circumstances arising from the action of the victim in assisting or attempting to assist the prevention of crime or the saving of human life”.
5. Applications to the Scheme are required to be submitted no later than 3 months from the date of the incident given rise to the injury complained of. In the instant case the application was submitted marginally outside the 3 month period. More particularly paragraph 11 of the Scheme applies. Paragraph 11 of the Scheme states as follows “No compensation will be payable to an Applicant who has not, in the opinion of the Tribunal, given the Tribunal all reasonable assistance, in relation to any medical report that it may require, and otherwise”.
6. By letter dated the [ ], the Tribunal wrote to the Applicant seeking the provision of certain information required in order to process the Applicant’s claim. No response was received to this correspondence.
7. Pursuant to paragraph 11 of the Scheme and despite clear communication with the Applicant by the Tribunal and a request for the required information to assess this application no such information has been furnished to the Tribunal.
8. As the Applicant has not established his claim nor co-operated with the Tribunal in this regard no award is made.
Georgina Robinson
Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal
10 February 2023