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A LEADING human rights law firm which took up hundreds of claims of atrocities by British troops in Iraq has been stripped of legal aid funding.
Birmingham-based Public Interest Lawyers (PIL) will no longer receive public money after the Legal Aid Agency (LAA) ruled that it had not met contractual requirements.
An LLA statement said the agency “has no role in judging the issues of professional conduct involved in the allegations.
ANSELM ELDERGILL looks at the legality of the wars in the Middle East and the means used to fight them. It is said that truth is the first casualty of war, so what is the truth with regard to the legality of America’s and Israel’s wars in Iran, Palestine and Lebanon?
On January 2 2014, PJ Harvey used her turn as guest editor of the Today programme to expose the realities of war, arms dealing and media complicity. The fury that followed showed how rare – and how threatening – such honesty is within Britain’s most Establishment broadcaster, says IAN SINCLAIR
Former judge ANSELM ELDERGILL examines the details and controversy of Lucy Letby’s trial and appeal in the context of famous historical wrongful convictions that prove both the justice system and legal activists make errors