Convictions: Compensation
Commons · Question 6599 · Tabled 4 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Justice · Official record
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Question
Asked by Kim Johnson
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of compensation arrangements for people wrongly convicted of crimes in the context of the Court of Appeal judgment in the case of Oliver Campbell and The King, refer
Answer
Answered by Heidi Alexander, 14 Oct 2024
The Government is unable to comment on individual cases. Anyone who has had their conviction quashed in an out of time appeal is able to apply for compensation under the statutory Miscarriage of Justice Application Service (MOJAS). The Law Commission is u...