“Fresh demands for a public inquiry into the deaths of four young recruits shot at Deepcut Army barracks were issued last night after a new review revealed serious shortcomings in the way police investigated the cases.”
The Independent, 13th March 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“UK troops injured in Afghanistan due to Ministry of Defence negligence have been paid more almost £10.5m in compensation over the last four years, the BBC has learned.”
BBC News, 9th March 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Three RAF servicemen who helped smuggle seven million cigarettes into Britain on military flights from the Middle East have been jailed.”
BBC News, 4th February 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A Cornishman left paralysed in an It’s A Knockout-style game staged by the RAF has won the right to sue for damages.”
BBC News, 2nd February 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A ruling that a sailor missed out on promotion due to her gender is to be reviewed.”
BBC news, 10th December 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Atomic bomb test veterans who blame their ill health on exposure to radioactive fallout today lost their case for damages against the Ministry of Defence.”
The Guardian, 22nd November 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Head of military prosecutions warns of charges if there is evidence officers encouraged interrogators to abuse detainees.”
The Guardian, 11th November 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The revelation that a number of members of a secretive British military intelligence unit could face war crimes charges threatens to put the Ministry of Defence’s entire interrogation regime on trial.”
The Guardian, 9th November 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Ministry of Defence is at the centre of a new crisis over the abuse of prisoners after it was disclosed yesterday that a number of British military interrogators may be charged as war criminals.”
The Guardian, 10th November 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“British servicemen who filmed hundreds of interrogation sessions at a secret prison near Basra which has been described as ‘the UK’s Abu Ghraib’ may be guilty of war crimes, the high court heard today.”
The Guardian, 8th November 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Evidence of systematic and brutal mistreatment of Iraqi prisoners at a secret British military interrogation centre that is being described as the UK’s Abu Ghraib emerged today during high court proceedings brought by more than 200 former inmates.”
The Guardian, 5th November 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Lawyers acting for more than 140 Iraqi civilians who allege they suffered torture and inhuman and degrading treatment at the hands of British soldiers and interrogators go to the High Court today seeking a wide-ranging public inquiry.”
Daily Telegraph, 5th November 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Joshua Rozenberg asks whether recent reforms to the military justice system are sufficient to restore confidence in the way the armed forces deal with crimes committed by their own troops.”
BBC Law in Action, 3rd November 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Methods devised in secret in recent years may breach international law.”
The Guardian, 25th October 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Lord Saville of Newdigate defended the cost and length of the £200 million inquiry, which took more than 11 years, saying that it could not have been done cheaply or quickly if it was to be ‘thorough’.”
Daily Telegraph, 13th October 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The former Labour government’s top legal adviser during the Iraq war has questioned whether the British military justice system is fit for purpose.”
BBC News, 27th September 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A ‘dads’ army’ of former soldiers would run community service programmes for offenders under a radical cost-cutting privatisation plan that has shocked unions.”
The Guardian, 19th September 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The armed forces are set to lose one quarter of their lawyers, the Guardian has learned, in a series of cuts that will directly impact frontline troops. Sources inside the armed forces say the defence spending and security review will result in a reduction of at least 25% in the number of lawyers in the army and royal air force. Lawyers say the predicted reduction in legal advice, which will affect troops and commanders, could affect the ability of the armed forces to act in compliance with the Geneva Conventions.”
The Guardian, 16th September 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Ministry of Defence is refusing to disclose whether any individuals have died in British military custody in Afghanistan, raising concerns that a number of people may have been killed during interrogation.”
The Guardian, 13th September 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Regina (Ngouh) v Secretary of State for Home Department [2010] EWHC 2218 (Admin); [2010] WLR (D) 239
“It was important when considering a decision based on para 322(5) of the Immigration Rules, under which indefinite leave to remain should normally be refused where it was undesirable in view of the applicant’s “character, conduct or associations”, to look closely at the context in which that paragraph was being deployed and to see the reasoning that had lead to its deployment.”
WLR Daily, 6th September 2010
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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