Maria Tassou

The Criminal Injuries Compensation Board conducted a periodic review of the applicant's monthly compensation payments.

Finding no new evidence or change in circumstances, the Board ordered the continuation of the $1,000 monthly payments until the statutory maximum of $365,000 is reached in October 2022.

The Criminal Injuries Compensation Board conducted a periodic review of an earlier decision awarding the applicant monthly periodic payments of $1,000.00.

The review was conducted in writing pursuant to section 25 of the Compensation for Victims of Crime Act.

The Board found no new evidence or change in circumstances that would affect the amount or continuation of the payments.

The monthly periodic payments were ordered to continue, subject to a future review.

The Criminal Injuries Compensation Board conducted a periodic review of the applicant's monthly compensation payments.

The Board found no new evidence or change in circumstances that would affect the amount or continuation of the payments.

The monthly periodic payments of $1,000.00 were ordered to continue, subject to a future review.

The applicant sought compensation from the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board for the death of his brother, who was murdered in 2010.

The application was filed outside the two-year limitation period because the family was only notified of the murder by police in 2018.

The adjudicator found this to be a reasonable explanation for the delay and exercised her discretion to extend the time for filing the application.

The applicant sought compensation for the death of a victim who disappeared and whose body was found years later.

The application was filed outside the two-year limitation period under the Compensation for Victims of Crime Act.

The adjudicator found the applicant provided a reasonable explanation for the delay and exercised discretion to extend the time for filing the application.

The applicant filed an application for compensation with the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board but passed away before it was heard.

The Board determined that the right to compensation under the Compensation for Victims of Crime Act is a personal right that does not pass to the estate when death results from causes unrelated to the crime of violence.

The application was dismissed as abandoned without a hearing.

The Criminal Injuries Compensation Board issued a Notice of Intent to Dismiss the application without a hearing pursuant to Rule 5.1.

After reviewing the applicant's written submissions, the Board permitted the application to proceed to adjudication at a full hearing on the merits under Rule 5.3.

The Board noted that resuming processing does not guarantee compensation will be awarded.

The Applicant filed an application with the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board.

The Board issued a notice of intent to dismiss the application without a hearing and provided the Applicant 30 days to submit written submissions.

The Applicant failed to respond.

The Board dismissed the application pursuant to Rule 5.3 of its Rules of Procedure.

The applicant filed an application with the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board and subsequently advised the Board of their wish to withdraw it.

The Board confirmed the withdrawal and closed the file pursuant to Rule 20 of the Rules of Procedure.

The applicant filed an application with the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board.

The Board was unable to contact the applicant because it did not have current contact information.

Pursuant to Rule 1.5 of the Board's Rules of Procedure, the application was deemed abandoned and dismissed without a hearing.

The Applicant sought compensation from the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board for a gunshot wound sustained during the July 2018 Danforth mass shooting.

In this interim decision, the Board considered whether to exercise its discretion under s. 19(4) of the Compensation for Victims of Crime Act to deem the multiple injuries and deaths as a single occurrence.

Although the acts shared a common relationship in time and place, the Board declined to deem them a single occurrence, finding that doing so would delay compensation and unfairly reduce the maximum awards available to individual victims, contrary to the remedial purpose of the Act.

The applicant sought compensation for bereavement counselling following the murder of his sister.

The Criminal Injuries Compensation Board found that the sister was a victim under the Compensation for Victims of Crime Act.

The Board authorized up to $3,000 for future therapy expenses to assist the applicant with his grief.

The applicant sought compensation for bereavement counselling following the murder of his daughter.

The Criminal Injuries Compensation Board found the deceased was a victim under subsection 5(a) of the Compensation for Victims of Crime Act.

The Board authorized up to $3,000 for future pre-authorized therapy expenses to assist the applicant with his grief.

The Criminal Injuries Compensation Board conducted a review of the applicant's ongoing periodic payments for uninsured medical and treatment expenses.

The applicant had been receiving $1,000 per month pursuant to previous variation orders.

After reviewing the submitted invoices and receipts for chiropractic, physiotherapy, and massage therapy, the Board determined that the applicant's actual expenses averaged approximately $297.65 per month.

Consequently, the Board exercised its discretion under section 25 of the Compensation for Victims of Crime Act to vary the order, reducing the periodic payments to $400 per month.

The applicant filed a claim for compensation but failed to dial into the scheduled electronic hearing.

The Criminal Injuries Compensation Board proceeded in the applicant's absence pursuant to section 7(1) of the Statutory Powers Procedure Act and dismissed the application as abandoned.