James Johnston

James is a solicitor member.  He was appointed to the Tribunal in June 2022.  James initially practised in criminal defence before being commissioned as a British Army Legal Officer. James has varied military experience including operational deployments to Northern Ireland, the Balkans, East Timor, Iraq and elsewhere providing advice to Commanders on matters such as the use of force, detainee handling, covert Ops and Rule of Law. He has extensive criminal prosecution experience at Court Martial and advice to the Army high command on employment law, health and safety, Army misconduct and grievance procedures. James is a Solicitor-Advocate (Higher Courts Criminal).

James holds regulatory roles with the ICAEW and IFA. He is also a member of HM Parole Board (terrorism specialist) and a Council of Europe expert consultant on International Criminal Justice and International Humanitarian Law issues.