R (Mullen) v Secretary of State for the Home Department

Subject Matter

CRIME — Miscarriage of justice — Statutory compensation — Court of Appeal quashing claimant's conviction on ground of abuse of process — No complaint by claimant as to correctness of guilty verdict — Claimant seeking compensation — Whether “miscarriage of justice” — Whether claimant entitled to statutory or ex gratia compensation — Criminal Justice Act 1988, s 133 — Human Rights Act 1998, Sch 1, Pt I, art 6(2) — International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (1977), art 14(6)

[2003] QB 993; [2005] 1 AC 1; [2002] 1 WLR 1857; [2003] 2 WLR 835; [2004] 2 WLR 1140

Appellate History

R (Mullen) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2002] EWHC 230 (Admin); [2002] 1 WLR 1857; [2002] 3 All ER 293, DC

Decision of the Divisional Court of the Queen's Bench Division reversed

R (Mullen) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2002] EWCA Civ 1882; [2003] QB 993; [2003] 2 WLR 835; [2003] 1 All ER 613, CA

R (Mullen) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2002] EWCA Civ 1882; [2003] QB 993; [2003] 2 WLR 835; [2003] 1 All ER 613, CA

Decision of the Court of Appeal reversed

R (Mullen) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2004] UKHL 18; [2005] 1 AC 1; [2004] 2 WLR 1140; [2004] 3 All ER 65, HL(E)

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