in the case of R v Jones (Margaret) & Others, [2004] EWCA Crim 1981 the Court of Appeal confirmed that the UK's military intervention in Iraq had been a lawful exercise of the prerogative power held by the executive. The wider issue relating to the legality of the war in Iraq was therefore not relevant to the appellants' defence. (They had been prosecuted for conspiracy to cause criminal damage at a military air base).