Hearings
19 Nov 2014 [2014] EWHC 3846 (QB); [2014] CN 2104, QBD (Leggatt J)
04 Jun 2015 Permission to appeal to Supreme Court given
Rahmatullah v Ministry of Defence
Additional names
R (Rahmatullah) v Secretary of State for Defence
See also
Subject Matter
CONFLICT OF LAWS — Sovereign immunity — Act of state — Claimant arrested and detained by British forces in Iraq — Claimant transferred into custody of US forces — Claim in tort for damages for unlawful detention and mistreatment by US forces — Whether doctrines of state immunity, foreign act of state or Crown act of state operating as bar to claim — Whether English court lacking jurisdiction to hear claim
Appellate History
Rahmatullah v Ministry of Defence [2014] EWHC 3846 (QB); [2014] CN 2104, QBD
Decision of Leggatt J reversed in part
Mohammed (Serdar) v Ministry of Defence [2015] EWCA Civ 843; [2017] AC 649; [2016] 2 WLR 247; [2015] WLR (D) 354, CA