Core Participants' written opening statements
In addition to making oral addresses, all Core Participants' legal teams were invited to submit written opening statements. Each team who did so is listed below with a link to the .pdf version of their written statement.
The day's transcript contains the oral statements made by those teams listed in bold below.
- The family of Baha Mousa and the surviving detainees, represented by Public Interest Lawyers
- The Ministry of Defence
- Soldier and Ministry of Defence witnesses represented by the Treasury Solicitor
- Soldier witnesses represented by Messrs Kingsley Napley
- Soldier witnesses represented by Lewis Cherry
- LCpl Crowcroft, represented by Irvine Thanvi Natas
- Maj Peebles, represented by Wilkin Chapman Epton Blades
- Mr Payne, represented by William Bache & Co
- Soldier witnesses represented by Messrs Hill Dickinson