article_snippet: Defence Secretary Michael Fallon has vowed to protect British soldiers if Conservatives win the General Election .
article_snippet: British soldiers will be protected from ‘ambulance-chasing’ lawyers if the Conservatives win the General Election, Defence Secretary Michael Fallon pledged last night.
article_snippet: Last night former military chiefs welcomed the move.
article_snippet: Colonel Tim Collins, served in the Iraq War, said: ‘It is about time this happened.
article_snippet: Soldier Kevin Williams, who was repeatedly hounded by lawyers over the death of an Iraqi man, said: ‘To hear the Tories are going to support soldiers is a relief.
highlights_snippet: Conservatives vow to ensure soldiers are no longer hounded by courts .
  