US Supreme Court judge Stephen Breyer (left) told UK reporters this week that he would consider foreign rulings in coming to decisions, when asked whether he would take note of the House of Lords' judgment that the detention of suspected terrorists without trial in Belmarsh Prison, London, is unlawful. However, Justice Breyer said he would not be bound by such rulings and suggested that some on the Supreme Court bench would not consider them. He was in the UK as part of a 33-strong American Bar Association (ABA) delegation to London and Paris to discuss with top judges and practitioners current issues in international dispute resolution, such as questions raised by the increasing number of cross-border disputes. Justice Breyer said nine of the 70 or so cases before the Supreme Court last year included 'significant questions of foreign or international law'. Meanwhile, Law Society President Edward Nally (right) this week urged the government to either try or release the suspects at Belmarsh. Speaking at the briefing with Justice Breyer, ABA president Robert Grey said that 'to suggest we disagree [over the treatment of so-called enemy combatants at Guantanamo Bay] is probably fair statement'.