The WLR Daily case summaries
[2015] WLR (D) 168
HUMAN RIGHTS— Life— State’s duty to investigate death— Claimant Iraqi civilians bringing public and private law claims concerning alleged breach of human rights by British soldiers in Iraq— — Whether claimants within United Kingdom’s jurisdiction— — Scope of state’s duty to investigate alleged breach of human rights— — Whether duty to investigate alleged mistreatment following handover of detainees to another state— — Whether investigative duty arising in all cases of detention— — Whether international law giving rise to domestically enforceable legal rights— — Human Rights Act 1998, Sch 1, Pt I, arts 1, 2, 3, 5