“The father of a soldier killed in Afghanistan vowed last night to take legal action against the Ministry of Defence, demanding that it accepts liability for his son’s death.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th March 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Defence Secretary Des Browne yesterday asked the High Court to outlaw the use of language strongly critical of the MoD in inquest verdicts on soldiers who have died on active service.”
The Independent, 18th March 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Soldiers’ families reacted angrily after it emerged the Ministry of Defence awarded £202,000 to an office employee who strained his back picking up a printer.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th March 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“They have fought and died in the British Army over centuries and taken part in every significant conflict since 1947 including the Falklands, Afghanistan and Iraq. But today the Gurkhas are embroiled in a new battle — this time with the Ministry of Defence.”
The Times, 13th March 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The Royal Navy was criticised by an inquest jury yesterday over the death of a female officer who was left lying in a coma on the floor of her cabin by shipmates who thought she was drunk.”
The Independent, 6th March 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A former SAS soldier was served with a high court order yesterday preventing him from making fresh disclosures about how hundreds of Iraqis and Afghans captured by British and American special forces were rendered to prisons where they faced torture.”
The Guardian, 29th February 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Hundreds of Iraqis and Afghans captured by British and American special forces were rendered to prisons where they faced torture, a former SAS soldier said yesterday. Ben Griffin said individuals detained by SAS troops in a joint UK-US special forces taskforce had ended up in interrogation centres in Iraq, including the notorious Abu Ghraib prison, and in Afghanistan, as well as Guantánamo Bay.”
The Guardian, 26th February 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“British troops may have executed up to 20 captives in southern Iraq in 2004, human rights lawyers claimed today.”
The Guardian, 22nd February 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A coroner investigating the deaths of four British soldiers killed in Iraq by a bomb yesterday promised to press the government to improve the protection of armoured vehicles.”
The Guardian, 20th February 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Injured servicemen and military widows will lose out under Government plans to sweep away a tribunal that guarantees their pension rights, ministers have been told.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th February 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The Ministry of Defence has come under withering fire from a coroner after an inquest into the death of a young officer in Afghanistan was told troops were having to fight the Taleban without enough machineguns and night-vision goggles.”
The Times, 15th February 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The ‘overwhelming’ body of legal advice received by the Government in the lead-up to the invasion of Iraq in 2003 was that it would be unlawful without a proper mandate by the United Nations, nine law lords were told yesterday.”
The Times, 12th February 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The role of the British-owned Indian Ocean island of Diego Garcia in the detention of terror suspects remains unproven. There may be more to know, says Robert Verkaik, Law Editor.”
The Independent, 1st February 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Four former chiefs of the defence staff have attacked the prime minister’s plans to let Parliament have the final say on sending troops to war.”
BBC News, 31st January 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The High Court today lifted a restraining order on The Times and other newspapers which had prevented reporting of allegations that British troops took part in the killing of 22 Iraqis.”
The Times, 31st January 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Hundreds of veterans who were subjected to tests at the Porton Down chemical warfare installation are to be awarded compensation totalling £3m, the defence minister Derek Twigg announced today.”
The Guardian, 31st Janaury 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Serious flaws existed in the training of British soldiers to deal with Iraqi prisoners, a report is expected to say.”
BBC News, 25th January 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Ministry of Defence is to offer compensation and an apology to the Porton Down victims of secret chemical testing, it was reported today.”
The Guardian, 17th January 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A lesbian soldier who endured lewd sexual innuendo from a senior staff sergeant who claimed he could ‘turn her straight’ could win compensation of more than £400,000, after winning her case against the Ministry of Defence.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th January 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“New rules to improve the level of compensation awarded to the most severely injured military personnel will come into effect on 8 February, the Ministry of Defence announced today (15 January 2008).”
Ministry of Defence press release, 15th January 2008
Source: www.gnn.gov.uk
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