Specialising in assisting victims of crime making claims for compensation.
Mark Esau has worked in the field of compensation for victims for over thirty years.
Hello, I’m Mark Esau. I am a lawyer and I specialise in assisting victims making claims for compensation under the victims of crime compensation scheme in South Australia.
There is no cost to the victim in making a victims of crime claim because the State pays all the costs. No amount is deducted from the amount of compensation that is payable to the victim.
Compensation may be paid for physical and/or psychological injury, loss of wages and/or earning capacity and medical and/or other treatment costs.
Eligibility for claims
A person may be eligible to claim if the person is an immediate victim of the offence and at least one of the following conditions is satisfied:
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The offence involved the use of violence or a threat of violence against the person or a member of the person’s immediate family.
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The offence created a reasonable apprehension of imminent harm to the person or a member of the person’s immediate family.
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The offence is a sexual offence, for instance rape, unlawful sexual intercourse or indecent assault.
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The offence caused death or physical injury. In the case of physical injury, the nature, extend and long term effects of the injury will be relevant.
An immediate victim may include :
A person who suffers physical injury as a result of the commission of an offence.
A person who suffers psychological injury as a result of being directly involved in the circumatances of the offence or in operations in the immediate aftermath of the offence to deal with its consequences.
If the offence is committed against a child - a parent or guardian of the child.
If the offence was committed against a person who dies as a result of the offence - a member of the immediate family of the deceased.
For offences that occurred after 1 July 2015, the statutory maximum payable was set at $100,000.00 but this amount increases each year.
I can provide advice concerning a victim’s eligibility to make a claim. If the victim is eligible, I will gather all the relevant medical and financial evidence to support the claim, prepare the formulation of the claim and then submit the claim to the Crown Solicitor’s Office.
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“Mark Esau is a very trustworthy and reliable solicitor. His clients are his highest priority and he treats every person with respect. takes his work very passionately and seriously.”
– Jay W. (Google Review)
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