‘British troops and veterans will be given stronger legal protections against prosecution, Defence Secretary Penny Mordaunt will announce.’
BBC News, 15th May 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The new defence secretary, Penny Mordaunt, declared that army veterans should not be “pursued unfairly for events that took place decades ago” hinting that she favoured an amnesty for British soldiers from historical prosecutions.’
The Guardian, 9th May 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A Falklands veteran forced out of the Royal Navy over his sexuality plans to sue for the return of military honours.’
BBC News, 8th May 2019
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‘PTSD is not a “get out of jail free card”, a judge has warned as he jails a veteran who blamed his crimes on “harrowing” experiences in Afghanistan.’
Daily Telegraph, 23rd April 2019
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A former soldier is to be prosecuted over the murder of a teenage boy, who was shot twice in the head in Derry in 1972.’
The Independent, 15th April 2019
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Revenge porn threats should be made illegal after the murder of Alice Ruggles, a domestic homicide review has recommended.’
Daily Telegraph, 19th March 2019
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has been ordered to pay indemnity costs after the High Court ruled that it “has not begun to grapple with its obligations in terms of disclosure” in a procurement challenge.’
Litigation Futures, 7th March 2019
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘A Former Royal Marine has reached an agreement with the Ministry of Defence (MoD) after suing for hearing loss, in a case that could cost the government millions.’
Daily Telegraph, 4th March 2019
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘In recent days it’s been reported that the government is drawing up plans to impose martial law in the event of the UK exiting the EU without a deal. But what does that actually mean and how does it impact our rights?’
Rights Info, 30th January 2019
Source: rightsinfo.org
‘Thirty-three Cypriots who claimed they were tortured by British forces during an armed uprising in the late 1950s are to be awarded £1m damages, to be shared between them, by the UK government.’
BBC News, 24th January 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Last year the High Court ruled out claims against the British Government brought by people caught up in the Mau Mau emergency in Kenya in the 1950s. The allegations of brutality against guards employed by the Colonial Office were time-barred by the half-century that has elapsed since the events took place. Guy Mansfield QC represented the Foreign Office in this litigation and discusses the importance of the Limitation Act with Rosalind English.’
Law Pod UK, 21st January 2019
Source: audioboom.com
‘A former soldier is suing the Ministry of Defence over its failure to protect him from contracting Q fever in Afghanistan.
It is the first case to test the MoD’s duty to protect against Q fever, according to Hilary Meredith Solicitors, acting for Bass. The five-day trial, starting at Central London county court on Monday, will examine the extent of any duty owed by the army to Bass in relation to Q fever, and whether that duty was breached.’
The Guardian, 21st January 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The highly contentious Leigh Day disciplinary case has come to an end with the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) paying the firm £1m in costs after the regulator’s unsuccessful appeal.’
Legal Futures, 17th January 2019
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A statute of limitations could be used to prevent prosecution of military veterans for less serious historical offences, a leading human rights lawyer has suggested.’
The Guardian, 8th January 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Some of the groups wielding the most power in British society, such as the police, the judiciary and the military, are decades away from becoming as ethnically diverse as the population they serve, Guardian analysis has found.’
The Guardian, 5th December 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The High Court yesterday dismissed the group litigation brought on behalf of more than 40,000 claimants in the so-called Mau Mau case, after six years of work done by lawyers operating on a “no win, no fee” basis.’
Litigation Futures, 22nd November 2018
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘Herefordshire Council has welcomed regulator Ofcom’s decision to partly uphold a complaint of unfairness that it made against television presenter Piers Morgan.’
Local Government Lawyer, 27th September 2018
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The Ministry of Defence has not learned lessons from the deaths of three men on an SAS march and should lose its immunity from prosecution, an MP says.’
BBC News, 19th September 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Two men overseeing an SAS selection march in which three reservists died have been acquitted of negligence.’
BBC News, 18th September 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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