Hearings
England & Wales
12 Dec 2006 [2006] EWCA Civ 1689; [2007] QB 689; [2007] 2 WLR 195, CA
12 Jun 2007 (pet all) [2007] 1 WLR 1592, HL(E)
19 Apr 2008 [2008] UKHL 20; [2008] AC 1356; [2008] 2 WLR 879; [2008] 3 All ER 1, HL(E)
R (Gentle) v Prime Minister
Subject Matter
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, Sch 1, Pt I, art 2
[2006] EWCA Civ 1689; [2007] QB 689; [2007] 2 WLR 195, CA
[2008] UKHL 20; [2008] AC 1356; [2008] 2 WLR 879; [2008] 3 All ER 1, HL(E)
Appellate History
R (Gentle) v Prime Minister [2006] EWCA Civ 1689; [2007] QB 689; [2007] 2 WLR 195, CA
Decision of the Court of Appeal affirmed
R (Gentle) v Prime Minister [2008] UKHL 20; [2008] AC 1356; [2008] 2 WLR 879; [2008] 3 All ER 1, HL(E)