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A guide to applying for compensation under the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme.

• Updated: 1 May 2025

How to get compensation if you've been injured as a result of an accident or injury when someone else is to blame.

• Write a letter, complain or try mediation

  You can get compensation by taking legal action, but it could cost you…

• Check your insurance policies

  You may already have insurance to pay for the legal costs of making a…

• Using a solicitor or a claims company

  You cannot usually get legal aid for personal injury cases. A solicitor…

A guide to applying for compensation under the Victims of Overseas Terrorism Compensation Scheme.

• Updated: 14 June 2024

How to claim compensation through the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA) scheme if you've been seriously injured in a violent crime.

The Foreign Compensation Commission works out the amount of compensation British claimants are entitled to under international and British law for losses suffered abroad. It also helps in the settlement negotiations of British property losses overseas at the hands of...

• Updated: 15 April 2021

Compensation for terrorist attacks abroad - eligibility, acts of terrorism covered, application form, helpline

This note is part of the statutory guidance under s215 of the HRA 2008 (from 1 April 2024)

• Updated: 29 February 2024

How to compensate members who make a claim in relation to annual allowance, lifetime allowance and unauthorised payments charges where they are affected by the public service pensions remedy.

• Updated: 5 October 2023

Tax and reporting rules for employers providing compensation for injuries at work

Workplace pensions and automatic enrolment - how you're affected, how pensions are protected, what happens if you move job or go on maternity leave and how to opt out