What must a victim's compensation application paper show, and what else has to be filed with it?
General information · Not legal advice
Material to check
In the practice file we read the application against the list of items the provision sets, check that the number of duplicate copies filed matches the number of opposing defendants, and look for the signature or seal of the applicant or their representative on the application.
These are types of material to look for, not evidence already verified by PRO SE.
Where readings differ
One reading treats the provision as a checklist for the written application: the victim files the application with as many duplicate copies as there are opposing defendants, and the paper states the criminal case number, case name and court where the case is pending, the applicant's name and address, the representative's name and address where a representative applies, each opposing defendant's name and address, the object and content of the compensation, and the amount claimed, signed or sealed by the applicant or representative.
Another reading notes that the provision fixes which items the application must state but not how fully each must be described, and that the necessary evidence documents may be attached but need not be, so an application listing every item without any evidence paper is not, on this text, defective for that reason.
Your judgment
Where the application states the object and content of the compensation only in broad terms, what in the file could show the scope of the loss behind that description?
PRO SE does not make this decision or keep a case record on this public site.When to reconsider
We look at this again if the provision is amended to change the required contents or the copies, or if a court decision clarifies how fully the application must describe the object and content of the compensation.