Record length SDT hearing expected for Leigh Day solicitors under fire for British Army claims

Partners from Leigh Day are set to face a seven week Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal hearing over claims that the British Army unlawfully killed and tortured Iraqi civilians.

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