R v Spear (John)

Additional names

R v Saunby (David)
R v Boyd (David Morton)
R v Hastie (Philip)

Subject Matter

MILITARY LAW — Court-martial — Jurisdiction — Trial in United Kingdom of offence against ordinary criminal law — Permanent president of courts-martial sitting in district court-martial — Whether courts-martial lacking independence or impartiality — Whether breach of Convention rights — Human Rights Act 1998, Sch 1, Pt I, art 6(1)

[2001] EWCA Crim 2; [2001] QB 804; [2001] 2 WLR 1692; [2001] Crim LR 485; The Times, 30 January 2001, Ct-MAC

[2002] UKHL 31; [2003] 1 AC 734; [2002] 3 WLR 437; [2002] 3 All ER 1074; [2003] 1 Cr App R 1; The Times, 19 July 2002; The Independent, 24 July 2002, HL(E)

Commentary

Blackstones Criminal Practice 2025
Extra-territorial Jurisdiction - Persons Subject to Armed Service Discipline A8.21

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