COURT BLOCKS IRAQI CIVILIAN COMPENSATION BID

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) will avoid paying out millions of pounds in compensation to Iraqi civilians after winning a landmark case at the Supreme Court. More than 600 Iraqis have brought complaints of unlawful detention and physical maltreatment by British troops during the 2003-2009 occupation of Iraq to the High Court. They argued that they were unable to pursue their cases in Iraq because of a law that gave coalition forces immunity from their legal process. The MoD said…