Australia, Feb. 9 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on Jan. 14:
1. The applicant (GNY) has made a claim seeking a recognition payment under the victims of crime scheme. The applicant asserts that she is a victim of violent crime and has suffered injury as a result. The victims of crime scheme provides that eligible victims may recover financial grants and access to the provision of services under the Victims Rights and Support Act 2013 (the V S and R Act).
2. In order to be eligible to recover under the scheme, a victim must either be a primary victim (the victim of an assault), or a secondary victim or family victim. As will be explained in these reasons, victims of crime must pass throu...