Regina (Mullen) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department

Abstract

Human rights — Remedies — Detention — Persons wrongfully convicted — Compensation — Criminal Justice Act 1988, Section 133 — International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 1966, Article 14(6) — Meaning of miscarriage of justice — Presumption of innocence — Whether right to compensation extending to person whose conviction was quashed because of Executive misconduct in bringing him to trial

Treaties — Interpretation — Aid to interpretation — Travaux préparatoires — Practice — Other treaties and agreements — International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 1966 — Relevance of European Convention on Human Rights, 1950 and instruments adopted thereunder — The law of England