Document
MOD Summary Grounds of Resistance (29 May 2026)
The Ministry of Defence's Summary Grounds of Resistance filed in the judicial review claim R (Soppitt) v Secretary of State for Defence. The document sets out the MOD's response to the claim concerning the memorial panels and gravestones removed from Basra War Cemetery by the British Army in 2003.
Key facts
- Date
- 29 May 2026
- Claimant
- R Soppitt
- Defendant
- Secretary of State for Defence
- Document type
- Defendant's Summary Grounds of Resistance