Exceptions to Criminal Injury Claims Solicitors Accrington

A Criminal Injury is the name given to any personal injury that is sustained by victims of a violent crime. As with all personal injuries, criminal injuries can have devastating effects to both body and mind. An act of violence includes all acts that use personal violence or threaten to use personal violence such as assault, rape and child abuse. According to injury claims solicitors Accrington, criminal injuries cannot be dealt with in the same manner as other personal injuries i.e. with an accident claim. Criminal injuries need to be dealt with as “incident” claims due to their deliberate nature. There are however some exceptions to this rule, we will look at them in more detail.

Exceptions to Criminal Injury Claims:-

There are certain situations where you can make a criminal injury claim even if you sustained damages through an accident. These include:-

-         You were injured as a result of your unintentional involvement in the prevention of a criminal offence. Injury Claims Solicitors Accrington would simply regard you as being “in the wrong place at the wrong time”.

-         You were injured due to your unintentional yet heroic efforts to fight fire caused by arson.

-         You sustained injuries while taking exceptional risk to your own safety in an event to prevent a criminal offence. The threshold for “exceptional risk” is higher if you are a member of the law enforcement agency.

For more information you are welcome to get in touch with the injury claimssolicitors Accrington at Walker Wise Solicitors by phone on 01254 300 966 or email enquiries@walkerwise.co.uk.