Minister McEntee announces reforms to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme
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Minister McEntee announces reforms to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme
Further reforms will be brought forward by the end of the year
The Minister for Justice, Helen McEntee, T.D., today published the revised Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme. The revised Scheme has been informed by recommendations from officials of the Department of Justice and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform.
The Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme is a long standing Scheme that provides compensation to victims of violent crime in the State. It has been in place since 1974 and up until now has only been revised once in 1986. The reforms are a key action in the Minister’s Justice Action Plan for 2021.
Northern Ireland boy in court battle for millions in compensation over injuries inflicted by father
Money needed for lad s care, court told
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Belfast High Court
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A boy from Northern Ireland who suffered catastrophic brain injuries at the hands of his father has cleared the first stage in a High Court battle over funding for a compensation case potentially worth millions of pounds.
A boy from Northern Ireland who suffered catastrophic brain injuries at the hands of his father has cleared the first stage in a High Court battle over funding for a compensation case potentially worth millions of pounds.
He was granted leave to seek a judicial review into claims that a failure to cover the costs of legal expertise and reports on loss of earnings and future care arrangements is unlawful.
In the first challenge of its kind, lawyers for the child say the case raises systemic issues for compensation arrangements in Northern Ireland.
Now aged 11 and referred to as TA, the boy at the centre of the legal action cannot be identified.