Re Clifford and O’Sullivan: HL 1921

Military tribunals are ‘not courts at all, but mere committees of officers meeting to inform the mind and carry out the orders of the Commander-in-Chief’.

Citations:

[1921] AC 570

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Cited by:

AppliedBonalumi v Secretary of State for the Home Department CA 1985
In the course of extradition proceedings, an order was obtained under the 1879 Act. The defendant sought to appeal against the order, and applied to the Court of Appeal.
Held: The procedure under the 1879 Act was in the course of criminal . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.

Extradition, Armed Forces

Updated: 12 May 2022; Ref: scu.183548