CHRISTMAS CLOSING:
PLEASE NOTE THAT OUR OFFICE WILL BE CLOSED BETWEEN THURSDAY 18 DECEMBER 2025 AND FRIDAY 2 JANUARY 2026. WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO RESPOND TO ENQUIRIES OR REQUESTS FOR HELP DURING THAT PERIOD. PLEASE USE THE CONTACT FORM HERE AND WE WILL REPLY AS SOON AS WE CAN IN JANUARY. FOR OTHER SOURCES OF SUPPORT, PLEASE SEE BELOW.
WE ARE A TINY TEAM OF 2.5 STAFF AND CANNOT GUARANTEE THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO RESPOND TO REQUESTS FOR URGENT LEGAL HELP. PLEASE CONTACT US BY COMPLETING OUR ONLINE FORM (WHICH IS PREFERABLE TO USING THE TELEPHONE WHICH WE ARE NOT ABLE TO STAFF ALL THE TIME). IF YOU NEED URGENT HELP, PLEASE ALSO REVIEW THE LIST BELOW AND CONTINUE TO SEEK LEGAL ADVICE ELSEWHERE.
We aim to respond within two weeks of receiving your message but we cannot guarantee this. We will do our best.
If you prefer to call for legal advice or signposting, please call 0203 848 6820. We usually cannot pick up but ask you to leave your details and we will respond as soon as we can.
For general and press enquiries, please call 0203 848 6821.
For any query, complete our online enquiry form.
Or you can write to us at:
Centre for Military Justice
PO Box 59699
London, SE22 2EJ
United Kingdom
If you do contact us via our contact form, by email, telephone or in writing, we confirm that we will keep a record of your enquiry and our response for 6 years, following which time it will be deleted. This is in accordance with our general policy on retaining our legal files. However, if you would like us to delete your enquiry and our response/correspondence before that period elapses, please just let us know.
You may find other sources of advice and support here:
- Forces Law. This is a small network of independent civilian lawyers who specialise in advising our Armed Forces community including those who are serving, veterans and their families. The CMJ is a member of the network https://forceslaw.com/
- Service Complaints Ombudsman for the Armed Forces http://scoaf.org.uk
- The Centre for Women’s Justice http://centreforwomensjustice.org.uk
- INQUEST www.inquest.org.uk http://www.inquest.org.uk
- Advocate, a charity that tries to find free help from barristers for those who cannot get legal aid or afford to pay www.weareadvocate.org.uk
- Equality Advisory Support Service, Phone: 0808 800 0082, Textphone: 0808 800 0084. You can email using the contact form on the EASS website
- Royal British Legion https://www.britishlegion.org.uk/
- Rights for Women https://rightsofwomen.org.uk/
- Rape Crisis https://rapecrisis.org.uk/
- Refuge 0808 2000 247
- SafeLives http://www.safelives.org.uk
- Women’s Aid Northern Ireland 0808 802 1414 https://www.womensaidni.org/
- Scottish Women’s Aid 0800 027 1234
- Live Fear Free (Wales) 0808 801 0800
- Men’s Advice Line 0808 801 0327
- Galop: 0800 999 5428 (national helpline for lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans people experiencing domestic abuse)
- Find A Legal Advisor (gov.uk): http://find-legal-advice.justice.gov.uk
- The Law Society: http://solicitors.lawsociety.org.uk
- Chambers: https://chambers.com/guide/uk
- Liberty: https://www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/advice-and-information/contact-us/