The Law Reports (Appeal Cases)
[2008] AC 1356
House of Lords
Regina (Gentle and another) v Prime Minister and others
[2008] UKHL 20
2008 Feb 11,
12,
13;
April 9
April 9
Lord Bingham of Cornhill, Lord Hoffmann, Lord Hope of Craighead, Lord Scott of Foscote, Lord Rodger of Earlsferry, Baroness Hale of Richmond, Lord Carswell, Lord Brown of Eaton-under-Heywood and Lord Mance
Human rights— Right to life— State’s duty to investigate death— Servicemen killed in Iraq during and following invasion by United Kingdom forces— Whether Convention obligation to protect right to life requiring independent inquiry into decision as to lawfulness of invasion of Iraq—
Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), Sch 1, Pt I, art 2