Maître Jérémie ABRAM, lawyer for victims of assault (assault, sexual assault, violence, fight, dog bite, etc.) works alongside victims before criminal and / or civil courts.

Following a criminal complaint lodged by the victim, the latter will be examined by the doctor of the UMJ (medico-judicial unit).

The number of ITT days mentioned by the UMJs will participate in determining the jurisdiction of the criminal court in the event of an assault (namely the police court or criminal court).

Whether the perpetrator of your offense has been convicted or not by the criminal judge, your criminal victims lawyer will advise you, provided that the conditions are (probably) met (in particular a criminal offense - excluding terrorism - having resulted in a disability of up to minus 1% and / or total incapacity for personal work (ITT) equal to or greater than one month), to apply to the CIVIP (Commission for Compensation for Victims of Criminal Offenses), in order to obtain full compensation for your damage bodily harm against the FGTI (Guarantee Fund for Victims of Acts of Terrorism and Other Offenses), in the event of aggression.

Indeed, when the perpetrator of your assault has been ordered to pay you damages, you will often run into his insolvency. The Crime Victims Guarantee Fund will then compensate for the failure of the person responsible by compensating you in his stead (without, however, having to demonstrate this insolvency: absence of the principle of subsidiarity against the FGTI).

In some cases, referral to the CIVIP may be done in parallel with the criminal proceedings.