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.

Table 3 below provides an overview of the workload of the CMAC by fiscal year.

TABLE 3: COURT MARTIAL APPEAL COURT OF CANADA WORKLOAD

2020—21 2019—20 2018—19 2017—18 2016—17
Proceedings Instituted or Filed 12 7 5 3 4
Court Judgments, Orders and Directions Processed by the Registry 51 12 7 30 15
Files prepared for hearing and heard in Court 20 3 3 6 5
Days in Court 12 3 3 6 5
Recorded Entries 361 227 135 218 267
Total Dispositions 3 8 4 11 2
Active Proceedings as of March 31
Application for review of a decision 0 0 0 0 0
Notice of Appeal 11 3 5 3 14
Application for review of an undertaking 1 0 0 0 0
Notice of motion commencing an appeal 0 0 0 0 0
Total 12 3 5 3 14
Status as of March 31
Not perfected 2 2 2 1 0
Perfected 1 0 2 1 1
Consolidated 0 0 0 0 0
Reserved 6 0 1 1 12
Scheduled for hearing 2 1 0 0 1
Stayed 1 0 0 0 0
Total 12 3 5 3 14
Status as of March 31
Complaint Against a Military Judge* 0 0 0 0 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.

Source: Proceedings Management System