Status: Completed
Project overview
The purpose of this project is to advise whether compensation should be paid to those who have been wrongly prosecuted or convicted of an offence, and if so, to recommend a systematic basis upon which compensation may be determined and paid.
Status: Completed
Preliminary Paper
Compensation for Wrongful Conviction or Prosecution (NZLC PP31, 1998)
The Commission's Preliminary Paper, Compensation for Wrongful Conviction or Prosecution (NZLC PP31, 1998).
Status: Completed
Report
Compensating the Wrongly Convicted (NZLC R49, 1998)
The Commission's Report, Compensating the Wrongly Convicted (NZLC R49, 1998).
Status: Completed
Government response
Recommendations were implemented by the adoption of cabinet policy (prerogative).
There was no requirement for the Government to present a formal response to Commission reports before April 2009.
See Official Government response process | Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC).