Supreme CourtPublished: February 4, 2019Regina (Hallam) v Secretary of State for Justice ; Regina (Nealon) v SameJudgment: January 30, 2019[2019] UKSC 2Before Baroness Hale of Richmond, Lord Reed, Lord Kerr of Tonaghmore, Lord Wilson, Lord Lloyd Jones, Lord Mance and Lord HughesThe presumption of innocence only applied in the context of criminal proceedings and, after the quashing of a conviction on appeal, had no relevance in civil proceedings for compensation brought by a person whose conviction had been quashed. The Supreme Court so held (Lord Reed and Lord Kerr dissenting) in dismissing the appeals of the claimants, Sam Hallam and Victor Nealon, from the dismissal by the Court of Appeal (Lord Dyson, Master of the Rolls, Sir Brian Leveson, President and…

Source: The Times February 04, 2019 00:03 UTC