The Criminal Injury Compensation Board is an agency that provides compensation to victims of violent crimes that occur in Ontario. You do not have to be a resident of Ontario or a Canadian citizen. If the crime occurred in Ontario you may be entitled to compensation.
What compensation is available? The Board may award compensation for the following:
a. medical treatment, therapy and dental expenses;
b. funeral and burial expenses to a maximum award of $9,000.00;
c. pain and suffering;
d. income loss;
e. loss of support;
f. travel expenses for treatment or to attend a hearing;
To be entitled to compensation, an applicant must prove their case on the balance of probabilities. It is not necessary that the perpetrator have been convicted of an offence or even for the perpetrator to have been found. Hearings are held in Toronto, Newmarket, Hamilton and other cities.
It is useful to consult a lawyer if you think you have a claim. It is the general practice of the Board to award a lawyer representing an applicant a modest legal fee on top of what is awarded to the applicant.
Raphael Barristers are a law firm of personal injury lawyers. We have handled many cases through the Criminal Injury Compensation Board. In some circumstances, we have also advanced a concurrent civil law suit against the perpetrator of the crime and/or the establishment where the incident took place and have been able to recover significant damages from the perpetrator, the establishment or their insurance company. It is important to have the entire circumstances of the incident reviewed with a competent personal injury lawyer to see if there are other avenues of recovery available to the victim of crime.
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