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You can apply for compensation if your conviction has been overturned (or quashed) by the courts and any of these apply:

• your appeal was successful and it was submitted 28 days or more after your conviction in the Crown Court, or 21 days or more after sentencing for a conviction in a magistrate鈥檚 court

• your conviction was overturned after it was referred to the Court of Appeal by the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC)

• you鈥檝e been granted a free pardon

This online form is available in England and Wales only.

After you鈥檝e applied

After you鈥檝e applied, you鈥檒l need to send the Miscarriages of Justice Applications Service (MoJAS):

• the form you used to appeal against your conviction (Form NG)
• the final version of your grounds of appeal (sometimes called 鈥榩erfected鈥� ground of appeal)
• the Court of Appeal judgment
• the Statement of Reasons from the CCRC

Email or send your documents to MoJAS.

Other ways to apply

You can download the 鈥楳iscarriage of justice: claim compensation form鈥�.

Fill in your form and send it to MoJAS by post or email.