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A Question Of Interpretation: CICA, suicides, and crimes of violence
Robert Glancy QC and Georgina Hirsch examine whether a tragedy for Gareth Owen Jones will prompt a narrowing of the CICA scheme? ‘When it was first set up, the Scheme simply provided compensation for injuries that resulted from a crime’. While the Ministry of Justice consults on changing the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme (the Scheme), …