CICA Claims
- CICA stands for the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority.
- It is a government scheme which processes applications for compensation for victims of violent and sexual crimes.
- We can guide you through the bureaucratic process of claiming compensation including applying for reviews and appealing decisions of the case workers.
- Normally for a CICA claim to succeed, an application must:
- Be made within 2 years of the assault and
- Have been reported to the police or other authority and
- The applicant must have co-operated with any prosecution which arose as a result.
- These rules however are difficult to apply in cases involving historic allegations of childhood abuse which come to light much later. We have had success in getting round the usual rules to obtain child abuse compensation for our clients.
- The compensation from the CICA is usually much less than you would get in a civil claim for damages but is usually easier to obtain and quicker to come through. If later you are successful in a civil claim, the money from the CICA must be repaid.