Sentence examples for criminal compensation from inspiring English sources

She was soon out of hospital and giddy with the thought of criminal compensation.

Lawyers in London are pressing a claim for money from Britain's criminal compensation fund, but if a payment comes at all it could take years.

It is tragic that while the legal barriers between gays and straights are coming down (criminal compensation payment for same-sex partners; equalising the age of consent), the social divide is deepening.

There are a number of ways to pursue your claim: via a claims assessor – usually on a no win, no fee basis; taking legal action in the civil courts; making a claim to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority; via a criminal compensation order; or via a government compensation scheme.

"What is your response to the argument made by the IRA victims that you should have pushed for their inclusion in the settlement reached between the US and Libyan?" The committee points out to Blair that a criminal compensation scheme in Northern Ireland for victims of terrorism only applies to people in the region and excludes anyone injured in bombings in England.

"We can't sue anyone so we have to rely on the criminal injuries compensation.

9.30am: The Ministry of Justice is announcing cuts to the criminal injuries compensation scheme.

With fewer than 10% of reported rapes leading to a criminal conviction, compensation is another means of acknowledgement for survivors.

This review was not exhaustive: personal injury, criminal injury compensation, prisoner transfer abroad and inquests are yet more.

I helped promote abused children's entitlement to criminal injuries compensation and a local authority's duty to make application on behalf of children in their care.

Mr Biddle received £118,000 from the criminal injuries compensation board but says he had to return to work two months after being discharged from hospital.