A campaign group is preparing for a High Court fight with the Government over arms sales to Saudi Arabia. Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) said it is challenging the legality of a decision to renew arms sales to the “Saudi-led coalition that is bombing Yemen”.
Two judges, Lord Justice Popplewell and Mr Justice Henshaw, are due to start considering evidence at a hearing in London on Tuesday.
CAAT won a similar fight in 2019, when Court of Appeal judges said continuing to license military equipment for export to Saudi Arabia was unlawful. The Government said then that it would temporarily halt the granting of new licences to export arms to Saudi Arabia.