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R (Al Skeini and Others) v Secretary of State for Defence (The Redress Trust and others intervening)

Authors / Contributors: Bridget Dolan KC , Debra Powell KC
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R (Al Skeini and Others) v Secretary of State for Defence (The Redress Trust and others intervening)
   
Issue: Whether the deaths of six Iraqi citizens in Iraq occurred within the jurisdiction of the UK so as to fall within the scope of the ECHR and the Human Rights Act 1998; if so, whether there had been an adequate inquiry into those deaths for the purposes of Arts 2 and 3.
   
Court: House of Lords
   
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Neutral Citation:   [2007] UKHL 26
   
Judge(s): Lord Bingham, Lord Rodger, Baroness Hale, Lord Carswell, Lord Brown
   
Date: 13 June 2007