R (on the application of Gentle (FC) and another (FC)) (Appellants) v The Prime Minister and others (Respondents) [2008] UKHL 20 (9 April 2008)

McGrath and another (Appellants) and others v Riddell and others (Respondents) McGrath and another and others (Appellants) v Riddell and others (Respondents) (Conjoined Appeals) [2008] UKHL 21 (9 April 2008)

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Regina (Gentle and Another) v Prime Minister and Others

House of Lords

“The British Government did not owe a duty to British troops and their families, under article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights, to hold a public inquiry into whether it had obtained adequate legal advice on the legality in international law of the invasion of Iraq before the invasion.”

The Times, 10th April 2008

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Johnson v Director of Public Prosecutions

Queen’s Bench Divisional Court

“Threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour accompanied by hostility, based partly on the victim’s presumed membership of a racial group, was a sufficient evidential basis for a charge of a racially aggravated offence, even if that hostility was also based partly on the victim’s duties as a parking attendant.”

The Times, 9th April 2008

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Grosvenor Casinos Ltd v National Bank of Abu Dhabi

Queen’s Bench Division

“Banking rules relating to international cheque collections created no privity of contract between the principal and the collecting bank.”

The Times, 9th April 2008

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