COURT MARTIAL APPEAL COURT OF CANADA (CMAC)

The CMAC is a national, bilingual, superior court of record, which hears appeals of court martial decisions. Courts martial are military courts established under the National Defence Act, R.S.C., 1985, c. N-5, which hear cases under the Code of Service Discipline. The judges of the CMAC are appointed by the Governor in Council from the FCA, the FC, and the trial and appellate justices of provincial superior courts.* Further information on the CMAC can be found at www.cmac-cacm.ca.

The table below provides an overview of the workload of the CMAC.

Court Martial Appeal Court of Canada 2018–19 2017–18 2016–17 2015–16 2014–15
Proceedings Instituted or Filed 5 3 4 3 10
Court Judgments, Orders and Directions Processed by the Registry 7 30 15 19 36
Files prepared for hearing and heard in Court 3 6 5 3 3
Days in Court 3 6 5 3 3
Recorded Entries 135 218 267 350 453
Total Dispositions 4 11 2 2 10
Active Proceedings as of March 31
Application for review of a decision 0 0 0 0 0
Notice of Appeal 5 3 14 12 8
Application for review of an undertaking 0 0 0 0 0
Notice of motion commencing an appeal 0 0 0 0 0
Total 5 3 14 12 8
Status as of March 31
Not perfected 2 1 0 0 5
Perfected 2 1 1 0 1
Consolidated 0 0 0 0 0
Reserved 1 1 12 1 2
Scheduled for hearing 0 0 1 11 0
Stayed 0 0 0 0 0
Total 5 3 14 12 8
Status as of March 31
Complaint Against a Military Judge* 0 0 0 1 0
*Pursuant to subsection 165.31(1) of the National Defence Act, the Chief Justice of the CMAC has the power to appoint three judges of his Court to serve as members of the Military Judges Inquiry Committee. This committee has jurisdiction to commence an inquiry in relation to a complaint filed against a military judge of a court martial.