Soldiers' Human Rights Ruling
The UK's most senior judges are to decide whether relatives of soldiers killed fighting Iraq can make damages claims against the Government using human rights legislation.
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Soldiers must be protected from unnecessary harm, says mother
The mother of a soldier killed in Iraq when his snatch Land Rover was blown up says the Ministry of Defence has a duty to protect soldiers from unnecessary harm in battle. Private Philip Hewett from Tamworth died in July 2005.
Susan Smith is among relatives of other soldiers appealing against an earlier court decision which said it was not for judges to determine the rights and wrongs of military decisions in war but a matter for military commanders and politicians.
That view was supported by the Ministry of Defence.
Military compensation to be considered
by Alison Mackenzie
Military compensation is to be considered
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