Lawyers cleared over Iraq troops abuse claims

Lawyers accused of wrongly pursuing British troops with false accusations of abusing and murdering Iraqi civilians have been cleared of a series of professional misconduct charges.

Law firm Leigh Day, its co-founder Martyn Day and his colleagues Sapna Malik and Anna Crowther, were cleared of any wrongdoing in alleging the mistreatment of captives in 2004.

Mr Day said: “We are pleased that the tribunal has cleared us of all the charges, and confirmed our view that we did not act improperly.”