The exclusion from claiming under the scheme, of victims within the same household, including sex abuse victims was not clearly unreasonable. The fact that the scheme was provided under the Crown prerogative did not exclude it from judicial review.
Citations:
Independent 12-May-1994, [1995] 1 WLR 845
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Citing:
Appeal from – Regina v Criminal Injuries Compensation Board Ex Parte P QBD 29-Apr-1993
A claim under the scheme is to be understood as a privilege and rules excluding some claims not perverse. . .
Cited by:
Cited – In re McFarland HL 29-Apr-2004
The claimant was convicted, imprisoned, and then his conviction was overturned. He sought compensation. He had pleaded guilty after being told by counsel to expect an adverse direction from the magistrate, following a meeting in private between . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.
Personal Injury, Administrative
Updated: 26 October 2022; Ref: scu.86876