Why has my CICA claim been rejected?
The Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA) is the government organisation that runs this type of criminal injury claim. All decisions made by the CICA in regards to claims are based on the criteria outlined within the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme 2012. Therefore, if your claim has been rejected, the specific circumstances of your incident…
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Lupus Awareness Month
Lupus Awareness Month takes place every October in the UK. We share some information about this commonly misunderstood condition to inform, as extracted from the Lupus UK website. What is Lupus? Lupus is a chronic autoimmune disease where the immune system is dysfunctional and mistakenly identifies the body’s own tissues as foreign invaders.…
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Bullying in the workplace – What is bullying and how do I deal with it?
The problem many people have with bullying at work is that it can be difficult to determine when a line is being crossed in the early stages, leaving such issues to be dealt with once they have started to escalate or have had time to negatively impact the target of the behaviour. This article…
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Company Fined £300,000 After Employee Paralysed
Bernard Matthews, a large company specialising in turkey products, such as Turkey Dinosaurs, has received a hefty fine after Colin Frewin became sucked into a machine whilst working for the company in January 2020. Mr Frewin worked on a production line, where turkeys would be moved along a conveyor belt to chill them. At…
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Leeds Women’s Aid 50th Anniversary celebration – Here’s what I learnt
Leeds Women’s Aid was founded in 1972 by a group of feminist activists, and their first refuge consisted of two broken down houses in Burley. At the time of setting the charity up, it was still legal in the UK for men to rape their wives. Hosted in Millennium Square on 06/10/2022, the 50th anniversary…
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Cambridgeshire care home to close following CQC findings
HC-One: Britain’s largest came home operator is set to close one of its care homes in Cambridgeshire later this month after the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has found the home to be ‘inadequate’. The CQC investigation came following concerns from three residents’ family members after they sadly passed away whilst under the care of…
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Workplace bullying – A public health Issue?
Should workplace bullying be classed as a public health issue? This is the question we asked after reading this article from Canadian news outlet The Conversation. In the article, the writer breaks workplace bullying down by two forms of impact, which we shall also do in the following paragraphs. *Please note that we discuss…
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Young workers are more likely to be injured
Experience counts for a great deal in the workplace, but this article from The Safety Mag, a publication in Canada, points out some of the common risks associated with workers under the age of 25. Here is the article in question. Training can help limit the risk, together with proper instruction in how to…
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Rejected Manchester bombing CICA claims
Recent statistics have shown that nearly half (44.67%) of applications submitted to the CICA in relation to the 2017 Manchester bombing were rejected. This means that 331 out of 741 applications have been denied compensation – with 97 cases still currently pending. Many would be surprised by these statistics, as the rejection rate for…
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