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Parsons v Northwest Territories (Commissioner)

Court Supreme Court
Date 1988-06-06
File numbers 00089
Judge(s) de Weerdt
Location Yellowknife
Cases and statutes considered Statutes considered:
CRIMINAL INJURIES COMPENSATION ACT, R.O.N.W.T., 1974, C. C-23
Decision information:

Abstract: Application to determine whether the Applicant is a victim under the Act as someone injured in the commission of an offence - Applicant was shot by an individual who was angry, intoxicated and under the mistaken impression that the Applicant playing a trick on him - No criminal charges laid in connection with the shooting.
Decision: Applicant is a victim as contemplated by the Act - Shooting may be construed as an assault causing bodily harm or alternatively as negligence - Not necessary for criminal charge to be laid to claim under the Act.
Subjects: Damages - Criminal injuries compensation
Keywords: Compensation - victim - charge

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