Liability Risk and Insurance
“Particular circumstances” in Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme
“Particular circumstances” in paragraph 18 of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme 2001, which provided that a claims
officer could waive the two-year time limit within which claims for compensation in respect of criminal injury should be brought
pursuant to the scheme, meant the actual or distinct circumstances of the individual case, not special circumstances in the
sense of being unusual or extraordinary circumstances.