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If you have been the vicitim personal injury crime of an act of crime or violence, you might be able to claim compensation. The offender does not have to have already been caught and prosecuted for you to make a claim for compensation, you might be usually entitled to compensation if: If the crime occurred within the past 2 years. However, cases of abuse could be considered over now period. You have been injured physically, mentally or psychologically as a result of a violent crime. If a member of you immediate family has died because of a violent crime, as an example your partner, parent, wife or child. In the event that you were a witness to a violent crime and later suffered psychological injury and had to receive counselling. Physical and/or psychological injuries are graded according to their severity. Relatively minor injuries, such as scratches, cuts and bruises won't qualify for an award.

However, if a vicitim personal injury crime has suffered a combination of minor injuries leading to numerous visits to see their GP or even a medical establishment, received treatment and the injury has lasted more than six week, they might be entitled to claim compensation. Every case is different. In England Scotland and Wales, the minimum quantity of compensation you might expect to receive could be £1, 000, moderate to severe injuries may be up to £500, 000 compensation, dependant on the severity of the injury/injuries sustained.