The Weekly Law Reports
[2001] 2 WLR 1692
Courts-Martial Appeal Court
Regina v Spear and another
Regina
v
Boyd
[2001] EWCA Crim 3
2000 Oct 31;
2001 Jan 15
2001 Jan 15
Laws LJ, Holman and Goldring JJ
Military law
— Court-martial
— Membership
— Permanent president of courts-martial sitting in district court-martial
— Part-time judge advocate sitting in district court-martial
— Whether courts lacking independence or impartiality
— Whether breach of Convention rights
—
Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), Sch. 1, Pt I, art 6(1)