the ruling would force the Government to publish evidence on how the country was taken to war.

Shaun Brierley and David Clarke

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'Stunning victory' for Iraq inquiry families
(Filed: 26/07/2006)

'Stunning victory' for Iraq inquiry families

The families of
four British soldiers killed in Iraq have won a legal breakthrough in
their attempt to force a full public inquiry into why Britain entered
the conflict.

In what their lawyers described as "a stunning
victory", the Court of Appeal ruled they were entitled to apply for
judicial review of the Government's refusal to hold an independent
inquiry.

But the judges warned the families that they saw "formidable hurdles" in the way of a full inquiry ever being granted

...

Despite
the judges' warning on the families' prospects of success, their
solicitor, Phil Shiner, said the ruling would force the Government to
publish evidence on how the country was taken to war.

Mr
Shiner said: "In particular, the Government must finally explain how
the 13-page equivocal advice from the Attorney General of March 7, 2003
was changed within 10 days to a one-page completely unequivocal advice
that an invasion would be legal.