London and Birmingham based solicitors specialising in Personal Injury & Accidents at Work, Education, Disability and Crime

 

If you have been injured as a result of an assault or any other form of violent crime we can help you to make a claim to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA) which is the goverment body set up to compensate victims of such crime.

 

We will guide you through the process, ensuring that your case is presented as strongly as possible and liasing with the CICA on your behalf. If your application is unsuccessful we will be able to help you to appeal if you have a good case.

 

In order to consider a claim the CICA usually require that the incident was reported to the police within 48 hours and that you co-operated with them. It is therefore very important to report any violent crime which has caused you injury as quickly as possible. The time limit for making a claim to the CICA is 2 years from the date of the incident.

 

With a nationwide service, we can visit you at home, work or in hospital. We successfully conclude thousands of cases each year.

 

 

Levenes is regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority and many of our personal injury lawyers are members of The Law Society's Personal Injury Panel and the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL).

 

We do not charge for our service and if your claim is not successful you will not have to pay us anything. However, if your claim is successful we will deduct an agreed percentage from your compensation. We have to do this because the CICA do not pay legal costs and therefore we cannot recover our fees from them. Clients may choose to make their own applications to the CICA and avoid any charges if they wish.