Pages On: Criminal Injury and Assault
For the most part, Britain is a safe place. However, violent crime is a real and present danger and can cause serious damage to victims of criminal assault. If you have been injured by a criminal, there is a scheme set up to help victims claim compensation. The Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA) is set up to help, and our team of solicitors can guide you through the process of claiming, and build a successful case for you.
Negligence allegations raised against surgeon
Posted: 20 January 2016
Posted in: Criminal Injury and Assault, Medical Negligence, Negligent Cancer Diagnosis
The General Medical Council (GMC) are investigating allegations that breast surgeon, Ian Paterson, unlawfully and maliciously wounded patients in 21 counts dating back to 1997. Paterson, 58, of Castle Mill Lane, Ashley, Altrincham, was suspended by the GMC in 2012 and appeared at Birmingham magistrates’ Court where he did not enter a plea. He will now appear at Birmingham’s crown court on 15 February where he will face one charge of causing grievous bodily harm and 20 of wounding with intent between 1997 and 2011. ‘inappropriate, unnecessary or unregulated operations’…
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Hospital faces multi-million pound payout
Posted: 19 May 2015
Posted in: Criminal Injury and Assault, Head and Brain Injuries, Medical Negligence, Wrongful & Accidental Death
A Stockport hospital faces a multi-million pound payout following the deaths and injuries of a number of patients treated by a negligent nurse. Stepping Hill hospital is under the pressure of 21 claims made by the victims of Victorino Chua, a nurse accused of poisoning patients. It was heard that three of the cases were fatal and many of the other victims now live with life-changing injuries. The largest payout will be made to 41-year-old Grant Misell, an ex-financial markets manager that suffered a ‘catastrophic’ brain injury as a result…
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Thief left man brain damaged
Posted: 28 August 2014
Posted in: Criminal Injury and Assault, Head and Brain Injuries
A man has been found guilty of attempted murder after he attacked two men, leaving one brain-damaged and blind. 27-year-old Clive Malone from Great Yarmouth had attempted to steal the laptop of Russell Lambert (55) while he was at a birthday party. He attacked Mr Lambert and his brother, Patrick (62) on the 1st of February this year. Russell has remained blind, brain-damaged and paralysed in hospital since the attack. Malone had started an argument over the laptop at a birthday party, which he later returned to with the intention…
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Over half a million paid out by police force
Posted: 25 August 2014
Posted in: Animal Attacks, Asbestos Exposure, Criminal Injury and Assault, Faulty Work Equipment, Public Place Accidents, Workplace Injuries, Workplace Slip
A total of £589,000 has been paid out in compensation and legal fees by West Midlands Police in 2013/14. Among the 26 personal injury claims made against the force, officers injured during personal safety training exercises made up three of the successful claims. On top of this, other successful claimants included those who had injured themselves moving furniture, tripping in a hole in the office floor and falling from a faulty office chair. Of the half a million paid out, £328,100 was paid in compensation, and £260,900 was paid to…
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Morrisons employee assaulted
Posted: 26 January 2014
Posted in: Arm Injury, Criminal Injury and Assault, Head and Brain Injuries, Neck Injuries, Public Place Accidents, Shop Accidents
45-year-old Ahmed Mohamud has made a unique personal injury compensation claim against the supermarket giant Morrisons after being “brutally assaulted” by a member of staff. The customer suffered severe head and neck injuries, as well as a fractured elbow, after being repeatedly kicked and punched by an attendant at the petrol kiosk. Adam Ohringer, his counsel, told London’s Appeal Court that the violence occurred in March 2008 when Mr Mohamud had stopped at a Small Health branch to check his car’s tyre pressure. During Mr Mohamud’s wait at the petrol station,…
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Acid attacks on men related to gang culture
Posted: 11 November 2013
Posted in: Criminal Injury and Assault
Experts have found a rise in acid-attack victims in England – with almost 100 male patients being treated in hospitals between 2012-2013 – is down to gang violence. With 80% of the world’s acid-attack victims being female, figures in England show that 62% are male, with many of the incidents being gang-violence related. One former gang-member, Jermaine Joseph Lawlor, (who now works for a charity helping victims), said that acid attacks are used by gangs as a method of humiliation. He said that unlike the scars of a knife attack,…
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Criminal Injuries Compensation Claims in Manchester
Posted in: Criminal Injury and Assault
Members of the public who are injured (physically or mentally) in a criminal act can make a claim for compensation from the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA). The CICA is a government organisation set up precisely for this purpose, and a claim can be made by completing their online form. In line with FCA Regulations, you are entitled to make a claim free of charge directly to the CICA, without the use of a solicitor. You have 2 years to file the claim, and the crime in Manchester must have…
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Women bailed following fatal dog attack
Posted: 3 June 2013
Posted in: Animal Attacks, Criminal Injury and Assault, Wrongful & Accidental Death
After many complaints about dogs “damaging his garden fence”, 79-year-old Clifford Clarke was mauled to death, by what appeared to be a Staffordshire Bull Terrier, in the garden of his own home. Two women, from Mr. Clarke’s hometown of Clubmoor in Liverpool, had been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter, but have recently been released on bail. The women, of 27 and 28, had also been registered as offenders under the Dangerous Dog Act. Mr. Clarke was supposedly cooking dinner when the dog got through his garden fence. A post-mortem examination…
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