Practice and Procedure

R V (1) JOHN SPEAR (2) PHILIP HASTIE (3) DAVID MORTON BOYD (2001)

PUBLISHED January 15, 2001
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[2001] EWCA Crim 2

Neither the appointment of permanent presidents nor part-time judge advocates to courts martial breached the right to a fair trial guaranteed by the European Convention on Human Rights because there was no reason to doubt their independence and impartiality. * Appeal from this decision dismissed by the House of Lords in Boyd & Ors v Army Prosecuting Authority & Ors (2002) UKHL 31.

CMAC (Laws LJ, Holman J, Goldring J)

15/01/2001

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