Case Studies:

We are pleased to have secured over a quarter of a million pounds by way of Victim's Pension for a client who was injured in the Hillcrest Bar bombing in 1976 as a young boy.

Our client, who was 10 years old at the time, was playing with friends outside the Hillcrest Bar in Dungannon when a UVF bomb exploded, killing four people. Our client was gravely injured in the attack.  Jack Dowling acted in this matter.

What is a victim's pension?

The Executive Office explains:

"The purpose of the Scheme is to provide those living with permanent disablement (either physical, psychological or both) caused by injury through no fault of their own in a Troubles-related incident with payments primarily in acknowledgement of the acute harm which they have suffered."

Regulation 5 of the Victims’ Payments Regulations 2020, sets out the circumstances in which a person is entitled to victims’ payments in respect of injury caused by a Troubles -related incident (“TRI”).

TRI is defined as meaning “an incident involving an act of violence or force carried out in Ireland, the United Kingdom or elsewhere in Europe for a reason related to the constitutional status of Northern Ireland or to political or sectarian hostility between people in Northern Ireland”.