"civil compensation" is correct and usable in written English.
It is used to refer to money or some other form of payment made to a person or group as a result of a legal ruling or settlement. For example, "The court awarded the plaintiff $25,000 in civil compensation for the damages suffered."
The BBC now faces dozens of civil compensation claims.
Civil compensation claims are currently going through the Northern Ireland courts.
Harris now faces the possibility of losing much of his £11m fortune after some victims contacted a law firm specialising in civil compensation claims over sexual abuse.
In England, also, John, Kate and others who suffered at the school would be able to bring civil compensation cases if their allegations were proven.
As well as the civil compensation suits, Harris faces being stripped of his various honours, including a CBE, professional fellowships and honorary degrees.
Civil compensation laws in the UK should be similarly clear: if you traffic or enslave people you will pay your victims for the harm you have done.
"We have had grotesque situations where senior churchmen meet survivors, assure them of their remorse for what happened while at the same time instructing their legal teams to defend civil compensations suits," she told Ireland's RTE News.
In a nutshell, the cap on civil service compensation for compulsory redundancy was, prior to the impending reforms, set at three years' salary.
However, expect the terms and conditions to keep changing as Maude tries ever harder to pay out as little as possible under the civil service compensation scheme.
Last year, the PCS successfully launched a judicial review over the government's civil service compensation scheme, which led to changes to the guidance.
Challenged about proposed "slashes" to the civil service compensation scheme, the prime minister said there was extra protection for the lowest paid civil servants but he "cannot defend" golden goodbyes for senior mandarins.
