R (on the application of Stephenson (by his Deputy and Litigation Friend, Victoria Treacy)) (Appellant) v First-Tier Tribunal (Social Entitlement Chamber) and another (Respondents)

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Case summary
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Case summary

Case ID

UKSC/2025/0198

Parties

Appellant(s)

Dominic Stephenson (via his litigation friend Victoria Treacy)

Respondent(s)

First-Tier Tribunal (Social Entitlement Chamber)

Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority

Issue

What is the meaning of ‘adaptation to accommodation’ in paragraph 35, and what is the scope of paragraph 42(b), of the 2001 Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme (the “Scheme”).

Facts

The Appellant has a congenital disability. His maternal aunt and Litigation Friend, Victoria Treacy, has cared for him since 2007. She took him and his siblings into her home after the Appellant’s father killed his mother in 2005. In 2005, the Appellant brought a CICA claim for a tariff award, child payments, care, accommodation, and Court of Protection and trust costs. In 2022, the First-Tier Tribunal decided on the recoverable heads of loss, excluding the cost of an extension to Mrs Treacy’s home on the basis that it was not a resultant loss pursuant to paragraph 42(b) of the Scheme. The Upper Tribunal rejected a judicial review claim in 2024. In 2025, the Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal. The Appellant now appeals to the Supreme Court.