October 16th, 1998: Police arrest Pinochet in London hospital.
28th: London High Court rules he is immune from arrest because he was head of state at time of alleged crimes, but says he must stay in custody pending appeal.
December 1st: After Britain's Law Lords ruling three to two that arrest was legal, he moves to secluded home under house arrest.
9th: British Home Secretary Jack Straw rules extradition hearings can go ahead.
17th: Law Lords agree to set aside their own ruling on grounds it was "tainted by the possible bias of one of its judges" - Lord Hoffmann, a director of Amnesty International Charity Ltd.
March 24th, 1999: Law Lords rule six to one that Pinochet's arrest in Britain was lawful. But they say he is not answerable for charges of human rights abuses before 1988.
April 7th: Spanish judge Baltasar Garzon sends details of 11 torture cases relating to 1988-90, and later sends 50 more.
May 27th: High Court refuses to hear appeal against Straw's decision to allow proceedings.
September 21st: Britain reiterates it will not consider freeing Pinochet on humanitarian grounds.
24th: Appeals Court in Madrid rejects request made in August by Spanish state prosecutors to order release of Pinochet.
October 6th: Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher calls Pinochet "Britain's only political prisoner", Pinochet's own description.
8th: British court rules Pinochet can be extradited to Spain.
January 11th, 2000: Straw says medical tests, agreed to by Britain in November, show he is medically unfit to stand trial.
February 15th: High Court orders the government to release the medical report; next day it is leaked to Spanish newspapers who say that he had suffered brain damage.
22nd: Britain receives challenges from France, Spain, Switzerland and Belgium.
March 2nd: Straw rules that Pinochet should not be extradited.
