The Court Martial Appeal Court is a British superior court of record which hears appeals from courts martial .
6-757: The Court was originally established in 1951 as the Courts-Martial Appeal Court under the Courts-Martial (Appeals) Act 1951. Its organisation was modified by the Courts-Martial (Appeals) Act 1968. It was renamed as Court Martial Appeal Court by the Armed Forces Act 2006 to reflect the establishment of the Court Martial as a permanent standing court. The Court is composed of English High Court, Court of Appeal and Court of Judicature of Northern Ireland judges nominated by
12-588: The World War I . Key areas of change include: The act sets out offences against service law and the associated punishments. The offences fall into two main categories: The mass pardon of 306 British Empire soldiers executed for certain offences during the World War I was enacted in Section 359 of the Act, which came into effect on royal assent. This number included three from New Zealand, 23 from Canada, two from
18-728: The United Kingdom . Armed Forces Act 2006 The Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom . It came into force on 31 October 2009. It replaces the three separate Service Discipline Acts (the Army Act 1955 ( 3 & 4 Eliz. 2 . c. 18), the Air Force Act 1955 ( 3 & 4 Eliz. 2 . c. 19) and the Naval Discipline Act 1957 ( 5 & 6 Eliz. 2 . c. 53)) as
24-605: The West Indies, two from Ghana and one each from Sierra Leone, Egypt and Nigeria. Tom Watson , then Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Ministry of Defence , was instrumental in including this in the Act. He was said to have acted having met the relatives of Private Harry Farr , who was executed during the Great War despite strong evidence that he was suffering from PTSD. However, section 359(4) states that
30-666: The following: The Lord Chancellor can also appoint "persons of legal experience" to the Court. In addition, any English High Court judge, Scottish Lord Commissioner of Justiciary, or judge of the Court of Judicature of Northern Ireland may exercise the powers of the Appeal Court, whether he is a judge of the Appeal Court or not. Appeals from the Court Martial Appeal Court lies to the Supreme Court of
36-529: The system of military justice under which the British Armed Forces operate. The Armed Forces Act harmonizes service law across the three armed services. One motivating factor behind the changes in the legislation combining discipline acts across the armed forces is the trend towards tri-service operations and defence organizations. The act also granted a symbolic pardon to soldiers controversially executed for cowardice and other offences during
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