A report claiming that British military actions could be undermined by human rights laws was slammed yesterday as little more than an exercise in shoring up governmental views.

Right-wing think tank Policy Exchange argued that Britain's enemies could view the courtroom as a way of "paralysing" the armed forces in any future conflict.

But Leigh Day & Co solicitors, which has brought a number of high-profile cases against the Ministry of Defence, said the report was blatantly biased and appeared to have been written with the government's full co-operation.