PRESS RELEASE
CND legal challenge update:
decision Tuesday
17 December at 10am
Immediate issue: 16 December 2002
The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) will be back in the High Court at
10am tomorrow (Tuesday 17 December) to find out whether the legal challenge to the
government over possible war on Iraq will be allowed to go for a judicial review.
The three judges, Lord Justices Simon Brown, Maurice Kay and Richards heard the
permission hearing over two days last week.
CND hopes that this case will be allowed to go ahead because our intention is to get
the High Court’s opinion on whether going to war with Iraq under United Nations Security
Council resolution 1441 is illegal. This would then enable the government to make an
informed decision.
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