The Weekly Law Reports
[2003] 2 WLR 835
Court of Appeal
Regina (Mullen)
v
Secretary of State for the Home Department
[2002] EWCA Civ 1882
2002 Oct 28,
29;
Dec 20
Dec 20
Schiemann, Rix LJJ and Pumfrey J
Crime
— Miscarriage of justice
— Statutory compensation
— Court of Appeal quashing claimant's conviction on grounds of abuse of process
— No complaint from claimant as to correctness of guilty verdict
— Claimant seeking statutory compensation
— Whether “miscarriage of justice”
— Whether claimant entitled to compensation
—
Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c 33), s. 133
[1]
—
Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), Sch. 1, Pt I, art 6(2)
[2]
—
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (1977) (Cmnd 6702), art 14(6)[3]