Jack Straw could face legal action over rendition claims within a month "There were different types of torture - the emotional, the physical, the electrocution, the insults, the humiliation, the threats," he said. The worst moment for me was to feel that the criminals who were running the Libyan government... were accusing an innocent person like me of being involved in terrorism when they were the ones doing the terrorism. Sapna Malik, a partner at solicitors Leigh Day, which is representing the families, told the Times her clients would issue proceedings at the High Court within the next four weeks. The deadline for responses to allegations set out in initial letters passed on Thursday, May 17. "As no admissions of liability have been received, the next step is to issue court proceedings, which we intend to do within a four-week timeframe," she said. The prime motive is for accountability, to hold the Government to account in a public court for the alleged wrongdoings. We would hope, and expect, Jack Straw and Mark Allen to attend court and answer the allegations in the witness box. The Foreign Office declined to comment, saying it never discussed intelligence matters.