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.
Prison officer's ear bitten off by inmate
Posted: 1 August 2014
Posted in: Criminal Injury and Assault, Head and Brain Injuries, Workplace Injuries
A prison officer at HMP Nottingham had part of his ear bitten off by a prisoner earlier this week; only a few months after the authorities raised staff safety concerns. The incident happened on Wednesday at around 09:30. An ambulance was called to the Category B prison immediately after the accident happened, which transported the officer to the Queen’s Medical Centre. Having been discharged from the hospital, the officer will continue to receive treatment. In April of this year Nottingham Prison was branded “dangerous” as a result of overcrowding, budget cuts and…
Read MoreNurse receives £13k in compensation after assault
Posted: 24 June 2014
Posted in: Criminal Injury and Assault, Workplace Injuries
A former nursing assistant has been awarded £13,000 in compensation after an assault at work ended his career as a nurse. Andrew Eurich from Stickney suffered serious injuries when restraining a patient and is expected to be on painkillers for the rest of his life. Mr Eurich had been working at the Ash Villa Care Home, a child and adolescent mental health service unit, when the accident happened. On restraining a patient he tore the cartilage in his lower back and was forced to leave work as a result. Mr Eurich had been…
Read MoreAmbulance attacks not always recorded
Posted: 5 April 2014
Posted in: Criminal Injury and Assault, Workplace Injuries
Union officials have stressed that many ambulance attacks are going unrecorded as staff are unable to use the computer recording system. The South Western Ambulance NHS Foundation Trust (SWASFT) said that 104 members of staff were attacked on duty between February 2013 and January 2014. Unison, however, claims that this figure is inaccurate as only around a quarter of attacks are actually recorded. An NHS staff survey proved this to be true as over 400 members of staff said they had been attacked during the same period of time. One Unison…
Read MoreInjured police officers at all time high in North Yorkshire
Posted: 13 October 2013
Posted in: Criminal Injury and Assault, Workplace Injuries
New figures have found that in North Yorkshire alone, more than 50 police officers have been injured during duty in the last 12 months. A survey that was commissioned earlier this year by the North Yorkshire Police Federation found that 52.1% of the 372 surveyed officers had suffered an injury as a result of an assault while on duty, with nearly 57% having suffered a personal injury more than once in the last 24 months. 41.5% of officers had been threatened with a weapon in the last 24 months, and over half…
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