“Today the Immigration Rules relating to marriage visas have changed for serving members of the armed forces.”
UK Border Agency, 6th April 2010
Source: www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk
“Two Royal Marines were sentenced today for assaulting an Afghan prisoner held on suspicion of planting a bomb. Sergeant Mark Leader, based at the Commando Training Centre in Lympstone, Devon, was found guilty by a court martial panel of assault causing actual bodily harm on Mohammad Ekhlas on March 19 last year. Captain Jody Wheelhouse, from 45 Commando, Arbroath, Scotland, admitted the same offence at an earlier hearing. Wheelhouse was sentenced to dismissal with disgrace, while Leader was dismissed.”
The Guardian, 7th April 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A soldier who was jailed after refusing to return to Afghanistan is appealing against his sentence.”
BBC News, 11th March 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A former soldier who turned down a pre-trial £60,000 offer said she was not disappointed with the outcome after being awarded less than £7,000 yesterday for harassment by male colleagues.”
The Guardian, 19th February 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Wounded troops are to be given increased compensation payments following an outcry over attempts by the Ministry of Defence to limit pay-outs.”
Daily Telgraph, 7th February 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Ministers have been told by a senior judge to consider opening an independent inquiry into all allegations of abuse made by Iraqi civilians against the British Army. The move could lead to the biggest investigation into military malpractice ever heard in this country.”
The Independent, 8th February 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A group of lawyers is attempting to secure a public inquiry into how UK forces treated detainees in Iraq.”
BBC News, 5th February 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A female sailor awarded the MBE could receive a six-figure payout after winning a sex discrimination case against the Royal Navy.”
BBC News, 3rd February 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Ministry of Defence has been condemned amid claims it paid less compensation to an injured soldier than to a farmer whose chickens were disturbed by RAF jets.”
Daily Telegraph, 12th January 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Retired Gurkhas have lost a High Court test case battle with the Ministry of Defence over pension rights.”
BBC News, 11th January 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A coroner today criticised the Ministry of Defence for failing to adequately maintain a helicopter which crashed and caught fire in Iraq, claiming the lives of two SAS soldiers.”
The Independent, 9th December 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Lawyers for a widow whose husband was killed in a ‘friendly fire’ incident in Iraq have halted a legal challenge against the Ministry of Defence (MoD).”
BBC News, 2nd December 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A former RAF employee from Cornwall has begun legal action against the Ministry of Defence (MoD), claiming £6m after breaking his neck during a fun day.”
BBC News, 23rd November 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“An announcement this week of a new public inquiry into fresh allegations of torture against British troops will heap further pressure on the British Army and the Government regarding abuse in Iraq.”
The Independent, 22nd November 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A soldier has avoided jail because of ‘his service to his country.’ ”
BBC news, 6th November 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“One of the worst disasters in recent British military history was the result of ‘incompetence, complacency and cynicism’ by senior military figures which broke the covenant the country has with its soldiers, a devastating official report has concluded.”
The Independent, 29th October 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Justice Minister Bridget Prentice has made a written ministerial statement about the deaths of servicemen and women overseas.”
Ministry of Justice, 27th October 2009
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“The Government was defeated in the Lords tonight as peers voted to give a Deputy Chief Coroner the role of specialising in military inquests.”
The Independent, 26th October 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A lesbian soldier who won nearly £190,000 damages following a campaign of harassment by a male sergeant has had her payout slashed by a third after Army top brass appealed.”
Daily Telegraph, 14th October 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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