UK Court Lifts Injunction Halting Chagos Island Deal

A United Kingdom High court judge on Thursday lifted the injunction on the deal concerning the handover of the Chagos islands to Mauritius. The deal which was first announced in October by Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s administration involves ceding the sovereignty of the island located in the Indian ocean to Mauritius. 

Judge Martin Chamberlain lifted the injunction following a hearing allowing Britain to conclude the deal. The order for halting the deal was issued by Justice Gooce of the London High court stated that, "The government may take no conclusive or legally binding them to conclude its negotiations concerning the possible transfer of the British Indian Ocean Territory, also known as the Chagos Archipelago, to a foreign government or bind itself as to the particular terms of any such transfer.”

Judge Martin Chamberlain lifted the injunction following a hearing allowing Britain to conclude the deal. The order for halting the deal was issued by Justice Gooce of the London High court stated that, "The government may take no conclusive or legally binding tep to conclude its negotiations concerning the possible transfer of the British Indian Ocean Territory, also known as the Chagos Archipelago, to a foreign government or bind itself as to the particular terms of any such transfer.”

Judge Martin Chamberlain lifted the injunction following a hearing allowing Britain to conclude the deal. The order for halting the deal was issued by Justice Gooce of the London High court stated that, "The government may take no conclusive or legally binding tep to conclude its negotiations concerning the possible transfer of the British Indian Ocean Territory, also known as the Chagos Archipelago, to a foreign government or bind itself as to the particular terms of any such transfer.”