behalf of those to whom britain sells missiles and warplanes in the past few weeks queen's counsel rumi take a different approach made by the foreign office to hide. judge peter smith it concerns a twenty fifteen trial involving. alleged wife of the late king fahd versus prince abdul aziz the q.c. said this was the first and only occasion in the course of my career that i was engaged on a case where the foreign office attempted to contact a judge although journo was successful in that twenty fifteen trial she would go on to lose in a court of appeal the u.k. foreign office told us they needed a freedom of information request to respond to the following interview no response to the request has been given in time for this program joining me now is the plaintive in that case thanks for covering back on you won that case and the key as he says obliquely involve the foreign office you may have lost sudden appeal when crown prince moment when solomon was here are being sold arms by res raber so what's the problem the foreign office having been involved in the prior case my legal team out of i