The prominent London law firm Leigh Day has been referred to the SolicitorsDisciplinary Tribunal (SDT) to answer complaints about its handling of legal challenges brought by Iraqi detainees against the Ministry of Defence.
The allegations, all denied, relate to the findings of the Al-Sweady inquiry, which was established to investigate whether British soldiers tortured and murdered detainees following the battle of Danny Boy, named after a British checkpoint north of Basra, in 2004.
The claims brought by the Iraqis, who were represented by Leigh Day and another law firm, Public Interest Lawyers, fell apart when a letter was disclosed showing that some of the Iraqis were members of the rebel Mahdi army.
The inquiry’s chairman, Sir Thayne Forbes, a former high court judge, concluded in 2014 that the most serious claims were “deliberate lies, reckless speculation and ingrained hostility”.
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