With effect from 1st April 1996, the Government intends thats the new tariff-based scheme for compensating victims of crimes of violence will come into force. T

The Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme is a government funded scheme to compensate blameless victims of violent crime. Money (an award) is paid to people who

A practical and comprehensive guide to making a claim under the government's tariff based scheme for compensating victims of violent crime. Divided into three s

Australia's first text focussing on the rights of victims to be financially compensated by order of the courts and administrative decision-makers for harm and l

"[This book provides] analysis of the statutory provisions governing these various remedies. Part One, state compensation, analyses the scheme's defining provis