Citation

Miers D. Crim. Law Rev. 2006; (AUG.): 695-721.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2006, Thompson Reutere: Sweet and Maxwell)

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Abstract

On July 7, 2005 four suicide bombers exploded their bombs on the London Underground and on a bus in Tavistock Square. Fifty-six people were killed and 946 were injured. This article addresses a number of operational issues concerning the eligibility of the victims or of their dependants for compensation under the terms of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme ("the Scheme"). These events have also given urgency to some long-standing but essentially unresolved policy issues concerning the amount of compensation that ought to be made, more broadly, to any victim of violent crime. The first five sections summarise the present status and scope of the Scheme and consider how it applies to those affected by the London bombings. The final section considers these policy questions, currently the subject of a Home Office consultation paper, Rebuilding Lives, which canvasses some radical changes to the Scheme. © SWEET & MAXWELL.

Language: en

Keywords

Terrorism; Victims; Criminal injuries compensation; Violent crime