This reverses the effect of a Supreme Court judgment in 2020 that such orders were not lawful as they had not been made by the Secretary of State personally. o Prohibit certain types of legal proceedings, including civil cases, applications for compensation as a result of miscarriages of justice, and appeals against conviction which rely on the 2020 judgment from being brought or continued. b) As a matter of law throughout the United Kingdom, make it clear that the ICRIR’s duties when looking into the circumstances of a death or serious injury apply regardless of whether a criminal investigation forms part of a review; meaning that it must consider the circumstances of a death or serious injury (which may be wider than that encompassed by a criminal investigation), even where it is also carrying out a criminal investigation into that death or serious injury. c) As a matter of law throughout the United Kingdom, additionally require the ICRIR to be under a duty, where possible, to directly answer questions posed to it under clause 11(1) by (i) a person who suffered serious physical or mental harm or (ii) the Secretary of State, as part of a requested review of a death or other harmful conduct.