A person who handed in a handgun and a completed claim form in accordance with the terms of the Firearms Compensation Scheme as set up under the Firearms (Amendment) Act 1997, acquired a private law right to be compensated, actionable by way of proceedings in the county court.
HL (Lord Slynn of Hadley, Lord Woolf MR, Lord Hope of Craighead, Lord Clyde, Lord Millett)
18/05/2000