On June 30, 2025, the High Court of Justice’s King’s Bench Division ruled that the UK’s “F-35 Carve Out” permitting continued export of F-35 fighter jet components through the multinational Joint Strike Fighter Program is lawful.
In a judgment by Justices Males and Steyn, the court refused permission for judicial review of the September 2, 2024 decision by the Secretary of State for Business and Trade. The Secretary of State suspended licenses authorizing the export of items that might be used in carrying out or facilitating Israeli military operations in Gaza, explicitly because...