Court rules Government's termination of BAE-Saudi investigation unlawful

by The Corner House and Campaign Against Arms Trade

first published 10 April 2008

The Corner House and Campaign Against Arms Trade issued this press release after the High Court ruled, in response to a judicial review brought by both groups, that the Director of the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) had acted unlawfully when he stopped a corruption investigation into BAE Systems' arms deals with Saudi Arabia.