The Saudi Embassy in the United Kingdom and Ireland replied yesterday to the claims reported in British "Guardian" newspaper about the decision of the British appeals court in terms of the lawsuit submitted by Three former British prisoners in Saudi Arabia in which they accused Saudi authorities of torturing them. The "Guardian" had alleged that the British court of appeals yesterday granted lawyers acting for the prisoners to seize the assets of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in Britain. In a statement, the Saudi Embassy said that the Court of Appeals' Judges resoundingly rejected an application by Bindman and Partners on behalf of their clients (Sampson, Mitchell and Walker) concerning a technical question about legal costs. "We believe the article in 'Guardian' newspaper misrepresents the Court of Appeals hearing. Once we have received the transcript of the Court Hearing we will be taking advice as to whether there has been a clear breach of the industry's Code of Practice, administered by the Press Complaints Commission," it added. The Saudi Embassy pointed out that a three-member bench of judges of the Court of Appeals dismissed the application as such it did not bother the lawyers representing the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, adding that the lawyers for the claimants had not taken steps to enforce the order since last year. "It is the intention of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to comply fully with the Court of Appeals," it said. It clarified that it remains the intention of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to take the underlying case to the House of Lords where it will be heard on April 26, 2006.
