More than 300 people affected by the Manchester Arena bombing cannot continue their legal action against MI5, judges have ruled.
Survivors and bereaved family members claimed their human rights had been infringed by the security services’ failure to take “appropriate measures” to prevent the May 2017 attack.
But Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT) judges Lord Justice Singh and Mrs Justice Farbey ruled their case had been brought too late and could not continue.
Three law firms representing the claimants – Hudgell Solicitors, Slater & Gordon and Broudie Jackson Canter – described the ruling as “extremely disappointing for our clients”.
