R (KH) v FTT and CICA (CIC): [2026] UKUT 39 (AAC)

Upper Tribunal Administrative Appeals Chamber decision by Judge Stout on 28 January 20026.

• From: HM Courts & Tribunals Service and Upper Tribunal (Administrative Appeals Chamber)
• Published: 26 February 2026

• Categories: Criminal injuries compensation
• Sub-categories: Criminal injuries compensation - reduction and withholding of awards
• Judges: Stout, H
• Decision date: 28 January 2026

Read the full decision in UA-2025-000286-CIC.

Judicial Summary

CRIMINAL INJURIES COMPENSATION: reduction and withholding of awards (70.2)   The Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA) withheld an award from the applicant on the basis of paragraph 25 of the Scheme (conduct of the applicant before, during or after the incident). The First-tier Tribunal dismissed his appeal. The Upper Tribunal holds that the First-tier Tribunal erred in law by failing to have regard to the overriding objective when it refused to consider CCTV evidence the appellant had brought to the hearing. The evidence was relevant to the issues, and was short, so it could easily have been viewed as part of the allotted hearing time. The First-tier Tribunal also erred in law by making various inadequate and perverse findings of fact. Decision quashed and case remitted for re-hearing.

Published 26 February 2026