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Judge Advocate General's Office case index system: 1995-1999 dataset

Catalogue reference: LCO 60/2

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This record is about the Judge Advocate General's Office case index system: 1995-1999 dataset dating from 1991-1999 in the series Lord Chancellor's Department: Judge Advocate General: Case Index Database. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
LCO 60/2
Title
Judge Advocate General's Office case index system: 1995-1999 dataset
Date
1991-1999
Description
The dataset contains details of Army and RAF courts martial and Standing Civilian Court (SCC) cases 1995-1999. The system records details of the date and type of trial, the name of the Judge Advocate taking the trial, the charges brought and the finding of the court, details of the defendant's service ie unit, rank and service number and (in the case of an SCC hearing) the relationship to service personnel. The system contains data for two types of trial record, Judge Advocate Cases and Register Cases. A Judge Advocate case covers details of court martials that are in progress or where a hearing is awaited. Details of cases requiring further action (for example where appeals are pending) are modified via a"workbook". Where documentation about such cases is awaited data can be input via a"pre-workbook". Following completion of the court martial and confirmation or review of the court's findings the details of the case are transferred to Register Cases. A facility was built in to the system allowing reports of Register cases to be generated on paper for transfer to the Public Record Office. There are three main components to each trial record: 1) Main Details - contains details of the trial dates, the name of the Judge Advocate attending, the venue etc.;2) Defendant Details - the defendant's name, rank and unit etc.;3) Charge Details - a note of the charge(s) brought against each defendant, the finding of the court etc. The dataset consists of 23 tables, most of the tables cover the three main areas in which data is recorded in the JAG system: Main details, Charge details and Defendant details. Tables 1-7 contain data from 1991-1993 and contain the data from LCO 60/1. It is believed that this data was imported in to the revised system following modifications in 1995 for test purposes. Tables 8-15 contain court martial data covering 1995-1999 and are linked via the case number and where possible, the defendant number field. Tables 16-23 are lookup tables used to complete fields in the various main data tables, for example those dealing with offences committed and servicemen's ranks.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former reference
CRDA/23/DS/1/2
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Access conditions
Open on Transfer
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Subjects
Topics
Archives and libraries
Air Force
Armed Forces (General Administration)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11521368/

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Lord Chancellor's Department: Judge Advocate General: Case Index Database

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